Blue Light - Memories From a Paramedic

synopsis

With the same intensity with which the flashing blue light illuminates its surroundings, fatal experiences are burned into the memory of an ambulance paramedic. The traumatic dimension of carrying out a profession that is essential for society is brought closer by the documentary confession of a man who sometimes unfortunately cannot save the lives of others.

“In recent years, I have often been surprised at how we move the suffering in our society to the edges. Preferably out of sight.”

Source: Jaap van Heusden's blog

biography

Jefta Varwijk is a Dutch cinematographer and director whose work focuses on the intersection of documentary film and other art forms, with a particular emphasis on analogue media. Jaap van Heusden (1979) is a Dutch filmmaker who makes both fiction and documentary films in which he deals with powerful personal stories.

more about film

director:	Jefta Varwijk, Jaap van Heusden
producer:	Jaap van Heusden, Jefta Varwijk, Martijn Bakker, Joachim van Trommel
script:	Carola Houtekamer
photography:	Jefta Varwijk

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