MONICA’S JOURNEY

Brown Planet Productions collaborated with The Institute for Healthcare Delivery Design to capture the inspiring health journeys of two Chicago residents. Our second film, centers around Monica, a Chicago resident who has overcome drug addiction.

Similarly, to our first collaboration with The Healthcare Transformation Collaborative, a city-wide search was conducted for our subject and after multiple interviews, Monica’s powerful story of resilience shined through. Brown Planet Productions crafted a portrait of Monica’s life through the use of analog and digital mediums, collaging both the past and the present to represent Monica’s life-long struggle and triumph over drug addiction.

The Healthcare Transformation Collaborative provided funding for healthcare providers, community members and community organizations to come together to collaborate to help people with both healthcare access and to help communities with social determinants of health, such as access to affordable healthy food, stable housing and to create jobs while doing so.

CAST AND CREW
Director Carlos Javier Ortiz
Written Ruben J. Davila
Edited by Los Maroon
Producer Ann Kauth, Jenni Schneiderman , Carlos Javier Ortiz
Cinematography Carlos Javier Ortiz Assistant Camera (1st AC) Ruben J. Davila