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A drama based on the book by Sheri Fink about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina at a New Orleans hospital. See the full cast and crew list, including Vera Farmiga, Cherry Jones, Robert Pine and more.
With Vera Farmiga, Cherry Jones, Cornelius Smith Jr., Robert Pine. Doctors and nurses at the intensive care unit of a New Orleans hospital struggle with treating patients during Hurricane Katrina when the facility is without power for 5 days.
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- 2022-08-12
- Biography, Drama
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- Vera Farmiga as Anna Pou
- Cherry Jones as Susan Mulderick
- Cornelius Smith Jr. as Bryant King
- Robert Pine as Horace Baltz
- Adepero Oduye as Karen Wynn
- Julie Ann Emery as Diane Robichaux
- Michael Gaston as Arthur "Butch" Schafer
- Molly Hager as Virginia Rider
“There is nothing else to do for them except to make them comfortable,” says Dr. Anna Pou as played by Vera Farmiga in the trailer for Five Days at Memorial. Dr. Pou was the well-respected head-and-neck surgeon accused of lethally injecting patients deemed too weak to survive the evacuation and the lack of continued, specialized treatment. Working ...
“After we survived Hurricane Katrina, we thought that we could survive anything, but we were wrong,” Susan Mulderick (as portrayed by Cherry Jones) says in the trailer. Mulderick was the nursing director and ‘‘emergency-incident commander’’ in charge of directing hospital operations during Katrina. As chairwoman of the hospital’s emergency-prepared...
Cornelius Smith Jr. plays Dr. Bryant King,the internal medicine specialist who, according to Fink's book, strongly objected when a colleague asked what he thought of ending the patients’ suffering. “I disagree 100%,” he said, believing that hastening death was not a doctor's job. While King said he did not witness any acts of euthanasia, he told CN...
Robert Pine plays Dr. Horace Baltz, one of the oldest and longest-serving medical staff members at Memorial. According to Fink’s book, Baltz was firmly against euthanasia and was upset to see Dr. Bryant King on CNN speaking out about the suspicious deaths at Memorial until he remembered doctors talking about some patients who couldn’t make it out o...
Karen Wynn was Memorial’s ICU nurse manager and the head of its ethics committee and is played by Adepero Oduye. Heroic in rescuing patients, Wynn was unperturbed by rumors that patients were being euthanized. Withdrawing life support was part of the job in the ICU and the patients before her now were visibly suffering. Adepero Oduye shines in soci...
Diane Robichauxwas the assistant administrator frantically coordinating the evacuation of the most critical patients when she learned, “They aren’t going to be evacuated. They aren’t going to leave.” A crucial witness for law enforcement, Robichaux recalled Mulderick telling them, “The plan is not to leave any living patients behind.” Robichaux was...
Michael Gaston plays Arthur “Butch” Schafer, the assistant attorney general and lead prosecutor in the Memorial case. As part of the state’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, it was Schafer’s job to investigate the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of Louisiana’s most vulnerable. Michael Gaston has appeared in more than twenty films including Steven Spie...
Special agent Virginia Riderserved as the tenacious lead investigator in the Memorial case. She had felt moral outrage at the Memorial medics who she believed euthanized patients without their consent and would go on to doggedly investigate Pou until her arrest. Molly Hager is an actress and writer best known for her roles in Botox Angels, Indoor B...
Five Days at Memorial is an American disaster medical drama miniseries based on the 2013 book of the same name by Sheri Fink. It was developed, written and directed by John Ridley and Carlton Cuse. The miniseries premiered on August 12, 2022, on Apple TV+.
Aug 17, 2022 · Know the Cast & Characters: ‘Five Days at Memorial’. The Five Days at Memorial cast features Vera Farmiga, Cherry Jones and Cornelius Smith Jr. This info article contains minor spoilers and character details for John Ridley and Carlton Cuse’s 2022 Apple TV+ miniseries.
Aug 10, 2022 · Who is in the Five Days at Memorial cast? The Five Days at Memorial cast includes: Vera Farmiga as Dr. Anna Pou Robert Pine as Dr. Horace Baltz Molly Hager as Virginia Rider W. Earl...
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