Forgotten Ellis Island
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{{Infobox film
| name = Forgotten Ellis Island
| director = Lorie Conway
| producer = Amy Stechler
| narrator = Elliott Gould
| music = Gil Talmi
| cinematography = Ken Willinger
| editing = William A. Anderson
| released = {{Film date|2008|06|08|Boston Film Festival}}
| runtime = 62 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Forgotten Ellis Island is a documentary film directed by Lorie Conway and narrated by Elliott Gould.{{cite news|last=Chan|first=Sewell|title=Ellis Island's Forgotten Hospital|url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/26/ellis-islands-forgotten-hospital/|accessdate=27 December 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=26 October 2011}} A book of the same name by Lorie Conway, designed by Judith Stagnitto Abbate, was published by Smithsonian Books in 2007.* Conway, Lorie, [https://books.google.com/books?id=7dK7cIsVfmEC Forgotten Ellis Island : the extraordinary story of America’s immigrant hospital], New York : Smithsonian Books : Collins, 2007. {{ISBN|978-0-06-124196-3}} 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.{{cite web | title = Forgotten Ellis Island | publisher = Public Broadcasting Service | date = | url = https://www.pbs.org/forgottenellisisland/ | accessdate = 2012-01-02}}
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External links
- [http://www.forgottenellisisland.com/ Forgotten Ellis Island]
- [http://video.pbs.org/video/2099162877/ PBS previews Forgotten Ellis Island September 5, 2011]
Category:American documentary films
Category:Documentary films about New York City
Category:Documentary films about immigration to the United States
Category:2000s English-language films
Category:English-language documentary films
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