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An Early Frost : Katherine Demands Michael’s Prognosis

Katherine Pierson (Gena Rowlands) confronts her son's doctor (Don Hood) in a hospital hallway, demanding to know his prospects after a recent AIDS diagnosis and a seizure that same night.

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act 2 (three-act structure), acting, beat, emotion, character, close-up, depth of field, dialogue, diegetic sound, direct address, establishing shot, hard cut, interior, medium close-up, medium long shot, medium shot, music, empathetic, music, nondiegetic, shot/reverse shot, tilt, tracking shot, two-shot, voice-off, zoom-in, zoom-out

Diversity in Media Representation

LGBTQ, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, White, White: White American

"Katherine Demands Michael’s Prognosis" in An Early Frost. Directed by John Erman, NBC Studios, 1985, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2947

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user George Elkind

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