CODE BLACK gives audiences unprecedented access into the ER at Los Angeles County Hospital, the birthplace of emergency room medicine, through the eyes of several idealistic and adrenaline-seeking ER residents.
First time filmmaker Ryan McGarry is also a doctor at the hospital and took his camera to work during the four years of his residency. With CODE BLACK, he provides deeply personal insight into the triumphs and difficulties he and his fellow residents who train and work at LA County Hospital face on a daily basis. As they are forced to confront the unexpected realities of life and death in a safety net hospital and a healthcare system at the brink of overload, many of them question their own sense of identities as doctors and what it means to practice medicine within the bureaucracy of modern medicine.
CODE BLACK is directed by Ryan McGarry and written by Joshua Altman and Ryan McGarry. The film is produced by Linda Goldstein Knowlton. Executive Producers are Mark Jonathan Harris, Marti Noxon, Edward Newton, M.D., William “Billy” Mallon, M.D., Jan Shoenberger, M.D., Matt Damron, and Diku Mandavia, M.D. Co-producers include Andrew C. Richey and Thomas G. Miller. With cinematography by Nelson Hume, editing by Joshua Altman, and music by James Lavino.