Flatline: A Documentary on Artificial Heart Replacement Technology
Flatline is an extended version of the short film Heart Stop Beating (Sundance 2012). The movie tells the story of two visionary doctors from the Texas Heart Institute who successfully replaced a dying man’s heart with a rotor-driven artificial heart of their own design – proving that life is possible without a pulse or a heartbeat.
“Each year 3 or 400,000 people die of heart failure in the United State alone. If we had something – off the shelf and in a box, that we could use as a replacement for the deceased heart, then anybody who needs one can get one. That would be one of the most revolutionary advances of medicine for the past 100 years…”
Directed by Jeremiah Zagar
Produced by Jeremy Yaches
Cinematography by Naiti Gámez
Music and Sound by Wilson Brown
Addt’l Photography by Joe Brewton
Gaffer: Iskra Valtcheva
Edited by Galen Summer & Jeremiah Zagar
Assistant Editors: Simone Morris & Shingo Urier
Colorist: Seth Ricart
Film Colorist: Rob Sciarratta
Title Animation: Jose Fuentes
Title Designer: Jonah Birns
Special Thanks:
Texas Heart Institute, Jesus Rios, Steven Parnis, Frank Michel, Sharon Williams, Libby Schwenke, Cassidy Gearhart, Sean McGovern, Anne Hubbell & Kodak, André Stringer, Lincoln Schnur-Fishman & Hilary Costa, Nathan Caswell, Keiko Deguchi, Julie Poteet, Ricardo Jimenez, Ramiro Padilla, Abbye Irons, Kenny Woychesin, The Cantu Family
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