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Bringing out the dead sos

Mar 24

2026

Enzian Theater Maitland, FL

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REAL Orlando

Community Organizers

Bringing Out the Dead— Holding On to the Living: Navigating Emergency and Healthcare Services in 2026

Join Enzian and REAL (Revolutionary Education and Action League) Orlando for a Narcan and CPR demonstration, followed by a discussion on the conditions of the EMS system and broader healthcare landscape under imperialism.

This event is part of the National Evening of Science on Screen. Learn more.

Enzian Theater Maitland, FL

Tickets

Film Synopsis

Haunted by the patients he failed to save, a monumentally burned-out Manhattan ambulance paramedic fights to maintain his sanity over three increasingly turbulent nights.

    After a disheartening and haunting career wears him down, New York City paramedic Frank Pierce (Nicolas Cage) begins to collapse under the strain of saving lives and witnessing deaths. Through the course of a few nights, three co-workers (John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore) accompany Pierce as he grasps for sanity and pushes to be fired. Before Pierce falls off the edge, he still has a hope when he forms a friendship with a victim's daughter (Patricia Arquette).

    Photo credit: Paramount Pictures

    About the Speaker

    REAL (Revolutionary Education and Action League) Orlando is an organization of working class people united with the goal of building REAL power within our communities through education and action. They work to build solidarity among those who lack resources and representation in Central Florida. They organize People's Freedom Farm, People's Defense Program, and People's Free Kitchen, as well as Edu-Forums, zine releases, movie nights, and media production.

    REAL hosts community meetups and courses on unarmed self defense, de-escalation training, and Emergency Medical Care Classes; essential skills and techniques for producing, processing, and preserving food in Florida; political education on local and international community struggles to unite working class interests and connecting with the historic fight for a just society; and much more.