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2000s · United States · documentary

A Lion in the House (2006)

Directed by Steven Bognar with Julia Reichert · 3 h 45 min

Year
2006
Running time
3 h 45 min
Countries
United States
Languages
English
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, the film's subject
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, the film’s subject — not a still from the film. Photo: Warren LeMay from Cincinnati, OH, United States, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

About the film

A Lion in the House is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert that explores the impact of childhood cancer on five different families throughout the span of six years in Ohio. The 225-minute long documentary, which took eight years to complete, follows the lives of cancer patients Justin Ashcraft, Al Fields, Alexandra Lougheed, Jen Moone, and Timothy Woods as they are treated at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What it is about

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centerpaediatric oncology

Awards on record

  • Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking

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