Nonprofit film event celebrates orthopedic health in East Bay

Earlier this year, Jackson Orthopedic Foundation (JOF) launched its annual Summer Intern program, which provides college students an immersion experience in healthcare while shadowing primary care providers as they treat patients.

“We were looking for a fun way to celebrate our anniversary, and we were also in the process of selecting our cohort of summer interns. In addition to their shadowing experience, the interns always have a final project, so we thought: Why not have them make a short film about orthopedic health?” recalls Kathleen A. Geier, DNP, NP, a co-founder of JOF who also assists with the 6-week student program.

JOF’s 20th Anniversary & Inaugural Canes Film Festival benefit event is the successful result of the interns’ final project. Three student films will be shown at the late-afternoon program on November 4 at a downtown Oakland venue at 1544 Broadway, from 4 to 6 p.m.

JOF is also inviting individuals and organizations to submit short films to the festival. For information about the event and guidelines for submitting videos by 12 noon on Monday, October 29, please see the links, below. Award-winning films will be announced at the event.

JOF 20th Anniversary & Inaugural Canes Film Festival

Sunday, November 4, from 4 to 6 p.m.

1544 Broadway (at 17th Street), Oakland

Individual ticket donations are $25 for students and $50 for adults.

JOF 20th Anniversary event info: https://bit.ly/2PdGTB3

Registration info: https://bit.ly/2RvG7B4

Canes Film Festival submission info: https://bit.ly/2y1qKb5

About Jackson Orthopedic Foundation: JOF is a 501c(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with musculoskeletal conditions through education, research and service. Since its founding in 1998, its goal has been to raise the profile of non-surgical musculoskeletal health with local hospitals, schools and the general public, while encouraging a collaborative, multidisciplinary care model in the orthopedic community. JOF is located at 400 30th Street, Suite 102, Oakland, CA 94609. www.jacksonortho.org, info@jacksonortho.org.