Bleed Out

Bleed Out (2018)

The American healthcare system just messed with the wrong filmmaker.

After a routine partial hip replacement operation leaves his mother in a coma with permanent brain damage, what starts as a son's video diary becomes a citizen's investigation into the future of American health care.

Date of release
2018-11-13
TMDB
7.7 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Stephen Burrows

Casting

Interesting facts

Bleed Out is a 2018 HBO feature documentary film that explores how an American family deals with the effects of medical malpractice. The film revolves around a ten-year journey, captured through archival footage, spy-cams, and interviews. Writer-director Steve Burrows reveals the ways his mother, Judie Burrows, was afflicted for the rest of her life due to a mistake during a partial hip surgery procedure.

Production

The production of Bleed Out started after Judie's trial. Steve Burrows used the footage he had obtained during his ten-year investigation that was meant to be a personal video diary and compiled it to make the documentary. The film included footage of various conversations and interviews between Judie, family members, attorneys, physicians, and other caregivers that had occurred during Burrows' ten-year personal investigation.

Initially, Steve Burrows did not want to make a documentary with the footage he had gathered, which was meant to be a personal video diary. He changed his mind, and to him, the documentary was "a citizen's investigation into the state of American health care”. According to Burrows, the film had information that should be shared with everyone so they can be aware of medical malpractice.

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