5B

Name: 5B
Genre: Documentary
Released: June 14, 2019
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Alison Moed Paolercio, Cliff Morrison, David Denmark, Guy Vandenberg, Hank Plante

2019

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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critics

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Movie Details & Credits

RYOT Films | Release Date: June 14, 2019

Starring: Alison Moed Paolercio, Cliff Morrison, David Denmark, Guy Vandenberg, Hank Plante, Lorraine Day, Mary Magee, Paul Volberding, Rita Rockett, Sasha Cuttler

Summary: 5B is the inspirational story of everyday heroes who took extraordinary action to comfort, protect and care for the patients of the first AIDS ward unit in the United States. 5B is stirringly told through first-person testimony of the nurses and caregivers who built Ward 5B at San Francisco General Hospital in 1983, their patients, loved5B is the inspirational story of everyday heroes who took extraordinary action to comfort, protect and care for the patients of the first AIDS ward unit in the United States. 5B is stirringly told through first-person testimony of the nurses and caregivers who built Ward 5B at San Francisco General Hospital in 1983, their patients, loved ones, and hospital staff who volunteered to create care practices based in humanity and holistic well-being. The result is an uplifting yet bittersweet monument to a pivotal moment in American history and a celebration of quiet heroes worthy of remembrance and renewed recognition.… Expand

Director: Dan Krauss and Paul Haggis

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 94 min

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Los Angeles Times - Gary Goldstein

Jun 13, 2019

The film is a tough, vital lesson in love, valor and compassion. Read full review

San Francisco Chronicle - Mick LaSalle

Jun 13, 2019

This is a tale from the front lines, before the disease had a name, through the early days when no one knew for sure how it was transmitted. Read full review

Variety - Guy Lodge

May 18, 2019

It’s conventional, occasionally maudlin docmaking that nonetheless grips the heart exactly when it needs to. Read full review

Boston Globe - Mark Feeney

Jun 13, 2019

Haggis and Krauss’s desire to use the ward as a vehicle to tell a much larger and more complex story makes sense. Yet it ultimately takes away from the truly remarkable story they have to tell, a story that may actually be more complex than matters of government policy and public opinion. Read full review

Washington Post - Pat Padua

Jun 13, 2019

5B is ultimately about survival, and the struggle at its center is undeniably a heartbreaking one. Too often, however, the filmmakers get in the way of their own story. Read full review

The Hollywood Reporter - David Rooney

May 19, 2019

Despite a nagging tendency to milk sentiment from wrenching subject matter that requires no manipulation, the film is notable for its admirably inclusive perspective. Read full review

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