For press inquiries, please contact Lisa Frank at lisa@carolynjones.com.
The Boston Globe
“Through quiet observation and interviews, the filmmaker Carolyn Jones raises urgent questions about global health, immigration, and how we can build a better system for health care workers at home and abroad. It’s at once a loving tribute to nurses around the world and a stirring call for reform.” — Natalia Winkelman, The Boston Globe
A Conversation with Creators: A Behind-the-Scenes look at A Long Way to Go – ACLU
“The film is a testament to the passion these nurses bring to their craft and offers a very human look at the complexities of immigration, during a time when such humanity is sorely needed.” — Cody Thompson, ACLU of Indiana
The Real Reel Stories of Nurses – See You Now Podcast
“Nurses represent the largest segment of the healthcare workforce and sit closest to the moments where care either holds or fails. In this episode, guest host Lisbeth Votruba talks with filmmakers Carolyn Jones and Lisa Frank of The American Nurse Project about what a decade of documenting nurses across America revealed, and why telling the full story of nursing is inseparable from fixing the systems on which we all depend.”
Developing a Documentarian’s Eye – the Lancaster Journal / LNP
“”A Long Way To Go” follows three nurses who have migrated to the United States… “My goal in this documentary,” Jones says, “is to help viewers understand that people who migrate to this country both give back to our society through their skills while bettering their own lives, and what better way to do so than through healthcare as they help to fill the need for trained nurses here.”” — ART PETROSEMOLO, LNP
Want to Understand the Nurse’s DNA
“Jones says, “we often see people from other countries as ‘the others,’ who come to take things from us or erode our society. In fact, our entire country is built on immigrants.” — Tim Andersson, Omvardnadsmagasinet Sweden
The Power of Story: Shaping Hearts and Minds through Documentary Film
“…a compelling reminder that documentary film can do more than inform. It can humanize, connect, and inspire action around the issues that matter most in healthcare and the global nursing workforce.” — Lea Sims, Care Anywhere Podcast