Peter Nick’s documentary “The Waiting Room” opens Dec. 14 at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. The film is showing as part of a national theatrical release by International Film Circuit. “The Waiting Room” showcases one 24-hour span at Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif. The hospital has one of the busiest emergency rooms in […]

The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center will host a panel discussion and free screening of Susan Saladoff’s film “Hot Coffee,” at 1 p.m., Dec. 18. The discussion will include Saladoff via Skype. “Hot Coffee” reveals what really happened to Stella Liebeck, the Albuquerque, N.M., woman who spilled coffee on herself and sued McDonalds. The […]