The Hope College Department of Biology will be showing the documentary film “The First Patient,” on Monday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
“The First Patient” challenges audiences to embrace their courage and curiosity as they follow first-year medical students through anatomy and the dissection of the human body. Amanda Porter, a 2015 Hope graduate, is featured in the film. Porter along with Robert Huck, co-producer of the film, will be at the showing and will take part in a question-and-answer period after the film.
The Mayo Clinic School of Medicine granted unprecedented access to the Duncan Entertainment Group as they explore a world experienced exclusively by the medical community for centuries. The camera follows students, faculty and body donors on the emotional and dramatic journey inside the human body. “The First Patient” provides dynamic insights into death, science and spirituality as students discover what it means to be a doctor and what it means to be a human being.
The film contains graphic footage of cadavers being dissected that may be too intense for some audiences. Parental and viewer discretion are advised.
The Knickerbocker Theatre is located at 86 E. Eighth St, between College and Columbia avenues.