Forgotten Ellis Island

Forgotten Ellis Island
Directed byLorie Conway
Produced byAmy Stechler
Narrated byElliott Gould
CinematographyKen Willinger
Edited byWilliam A. Anderson
Music byGil Talmi
Release date
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Forgotten Ellis Island is a documentary film directed by Lorie Conway and narrated by Elliott Gould.[1] A book of the same name by Lorie Conway, designed by Judith Stagnitto Abbate, was published by Smithsonian Books in 2007.[2] The film took 9 years to produce and was supported by three grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It portrays the story of the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital. The work premiered on the Public Broadcasting Service on February 9, 2009.[3]

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  1. ^ Chan, Sewell (26 October 2011). "Ellis Island's Forgotten Hospital". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  2. ^ * Conway, Lorie, Forgotten Ellis Island : the extraordinary story of America’s immigrant hospital, New York : Smithsonian Books : Collins, 2007. ISBN 978-0-06-124196-3
  3. ^ "Forgotten Ellis Island". Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
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