Watch the 15 minute version of the film!
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Frequently Asked Questions
What's this about?
We are making a documentary film studying rural health and health care issues
in California. The project is focusing on many facets, from legislation and funding to
problems with recruitment and even geographical issues.
Who's actually making the film?
The project is being funded by the
California State Rural Health Association (CSRHA), a
rural health advocacy organization based in Sacramento, CA.
The film is being produced by the EMRL Media Group,
a production company also based in Sacramento.
How does it work?
Our small production crew, usually 2-4 people, has been traveling to rural
clinics, schools, hospitals, and so forth in an attempt to gather enough
footage to paint a broad picture of the condition of health and health care in
rural areas of our state.
What's with mounting the camera on the front of the car?
Huge factors in the rural health issues faced by California are it's size and varying
topography. Residents in a desert have an entirely different set of issues than the
residents of the mountainous Sierra, for example. One of the ways we are demonstrating
California's diverse landscape is by gathering footage while driving. In the finished product,
the motion provided by that footage will help emotionally transport the viewer from
issue to issue, place to place.
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Documentary filming has given CSRHA the opportunity to hear directly from rural health
professionals about why they chose to work in their community. They all share one
thing in common, a commitment to the people they serve.
See what they have to say!
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Windows Media, 11.8M
Windows Media Low Bandwidth, 3.2M
Latest Updates
- Interview with Kevin Grumbach M.D. Professor, UCSF
- New film footage back from the laboratory!
July 09
San Francisco County
Interview with Kevin Grumbach M.D. Professor, UCSF.
 Professor Grumbach. Click here to view a Quicktime clip from his interview.
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July 09
Multiple Counties
New images of California landscape.
 Desert, foliage, snow. All in the same shot!
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 The road to the mountains outside Susanville.
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 Sunset in Eureka.
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 Foothills.
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 Agriculture.
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 The coastline, south of Santa Cruz.
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 A closer view of the coastline.
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 Herrmann Spetzler spoke to the history of rural health issues in California. He will continue to serve as the film's narrator.
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 Dr. Wendy Ring, founder of the Mobile Medical Office, which serves both Eureka and Del Norte County.
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 Mobile Medical Van assistant, Jed, talked to the crew about the local homeless population's medical issues.
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 A panoramic view of the Open Door Community Health Center's Mobile Dental Van at Rio Dell Elementary School District.
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 A closer view of the Mobile Dental Van..
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 School children have dental care brought to them, courtesy of Open Door. |
 Sarah Newman is the liason between the school and the local community.
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March 19-20
Lassen County
The film crew visited Susanville, with stops at the
Susanville Indian Rancheria's Lassen Indian Health
Center and Lassen Family Practice, operated by the
Northeastern Rural Health Clinics, Inc.
 Corrine Reed and Felicia Burriel of Lassen Indian Health Center prepare for their interviews.
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 Doyle Lowrie spoke with the crew about the unique obstacles faced by Native Americans in rural California. |
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 Barbara Mauck, FNPC at Lassen Indian Health Center spoke to how the Native American community welcomed her into their healthcare facility. |
 Teresa Langslet, PAC is a relatively new addition to the Northeaster Rural Health Clinic's Lassen Family Practice.
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 Lassen Family Practice provides care for many of the children in the local area.
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 Janet Lasick, MBA, CEO of the Northeastern Rural Health Clinics.
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January 16
Sacramento County
Interviewed Assemblyman Cogdill in his Sacramento office.
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Clip | Quicktime, 3.6M
 Assemblyman Cogdill.
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 Mr. Cogdill gave an eloquent interview covering many rural health issues.
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December 13
San Bernadino County
Interviewed Medical Staff and Residents in Joshua Tree
and Big Bear Lake.
 On the road near Joshua Tree.
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 CSRHA's Cheri Voisine talks with Jim Ventura at the Hi- Desert Medical Center.
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 Robert Mannix, CEO of the Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree.
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 Big Bear Medical Center.
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 Lis Dobbs, Nurse Practitioner at Big Bear Clinic.
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 Mary Norman, CEO Big Bear Medical Center.
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December 09
Sacramento County
Interviewed Spanish speaking residents of Galt, CA.
 Eppie Nuņez.
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 Natalie Nuņez
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December 06
Sacramento County
Interviewed Carol Mordhorst, Director of Public Health,
Mendocino county Public Health Department.
 Carol Mordhorst.
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October 25
Sacramento County
The public premiere of The Story of Rural Health in
California took place at the California State Rural Health
Association's Annual Meeting. The movie can be viewed
online, using the links below.
VHS copies are available for $15 each by calling CSRHA at
(916) 930-9330 or sending email to csrha@csrha.org
View Clip | Quicktime, 20.5M
October 17
San Francisco County
Transferred more film footage to video at Monaco Labs in
San Francisco.
 Amazing rock formations in southern California.
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 Sunset near Jackson, CA.
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 Rolling hills.
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 Vasquez Rocks, the coolest place on Earth.
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October 10
Multiple Counties
Flew with an Angel Flight pilot to pick up a patient in
Happy Camp for transport to Palo Alto.
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View Clip | Quicktime, 3.1M View Clip | MPEG, 10.9M |
 Lift Off!
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 Stephen poses with the Piper in Happy Camp.
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 The view was spectacular.
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 Floyd preps the XL-1 for an interview.
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 Stephen chats with Larry Dobbins, a Native American resident of Happy Camp, CA.
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 Another amazing view.
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October 7
Sacramento County
Interviewed Spanish speaking residents of Galt, CA on the
topic of farm worker health in California.
 Jose Alfaro
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 Raquel Alfaro
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October 1
San Francisco County
First supervised film-to-video transfer session complete.
Much of our 'rural landscape' footage is completed, and
looks beautiful!
 Sunrise, Sutter County.
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 Open Road, Lassen County.
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 Flower, Sonoma County. |
 Sunset outside of Alturas, Modoc county.
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September 26
Ventura County: Ventura & Ojai
The film crew visited Dr. Georganne Sanders of Ventura
(formerly the only doctor stationed on Catalina Island),
the staff of the Ojai Valley Community Hospital Foundation
in the town of Ojai, as well as the USC Mobile Dentistry
Program.
 One of the many oil wells on the way to Southern California.
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 Dr. Marty Pops | View Clip Vice Chair, Ojai Valley Community Hospital Foundation.
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 Neil Nathason from the USC Mobile Dental Program.
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 Inside the mobile dental truck.
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 Kids | View Clip Having fun at the Mobile Dentistry Truck.
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 After our interviews, we made our way to Vasquez Rocks, north east of Los Angeles.
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September 4
Fresno County: Parlier
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The crew visited the United Health Centers in Parlier, located in the Central Valley. |
 The road to Parlier.
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 The United Health Centers, a rural health success story.
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September 3
Sunset in Yolo County
August 26-29
Modoc & Lassen County; Bieber, Alturas
Gualala & Coastal Regions
 Reverend Alyce Soden Founder, Action Network Gualala, CA [Mendocino/Sonoma County]
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 Dave Jones Mountain Valleys Health Centers Bieber, CA [Lassen County]
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 Gertrude Gerig Resident Bieber, CA [Lassen County]
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 Jim Lester, EMT | View Clip Coast Life Support District Gualala, CA [Mendocino County]
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 Modoc County. |
 More Modoc County. |
August 20
Sunrise in Sutter County
The crew woke up early to film the sunrise along the
Feather River in Sutter County.
 Waiting for sunrise . . .
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