{"id":4753,"date":"2012-12-10T07:30:36","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T07:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/?p=2579"},"modified":"2023-08-02T12:56:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T19:56:49","slug":"the-waiting-room-makes-washington-post-2012-top-10-film-list","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/the-waiting-room-makes-washington-post-2012-top-10-film-list\/","title":{"rendered":"The Waiting Room Makes Washington Post 2012 Top-10 Film List!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Independent Lens<\/em> films continue to pile up incredible accolades and awards this month.\u00a0 The latest: <em>The Washington Post&#8217;s<\/em> Ann Hornaday just came out with her list of the <a title=\"ann-hornaday-top-10-films-2012\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/movies\/ann-hornadays-10-best-films-of-2012\/2012\/12\/06\/e1457a68-3faf-11e2-bca3-aadc9b7e29c5_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">top 10 films of\u00a0 2012<\/a>, and <a title=\"the-waiting-room\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itvs.org\/films\/waiting-room\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Waiting Room<\/em><\/a> ranked No. 3 &#8211; above even <em>Argo<\/em> and <em>Anna Karenina<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>We are so proud of filmmaker Peter Nicks and his &#8220;subtle, compassionate tableau&#8221; (as Hornaday describes it) of an overcrowded emergency room in Oakland, Calif. The film &#8220;lifts the veil on a world often described in terms of squalor and despair, finding the inherent dignity and perseverance therein,&#8221; writes Hornaday.<\/p>\n<p><em>Independent Lens<\/em> will bring this magnificent documentary to your living room in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent Lens films continue to pile up incredible accolades and awards this month.\u00a0 The latest: The Washington Post&#8217;s Ann Hornaday just came out with her list of the top 10 films of\u00a0 2012, and The Waiting Room ranked No. 3 &#8211; above even Argo and Anna Karenina! 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