Harry Shum Jr. stars as Sam, a home-health nurse who's brilliant at his job and quietly falling apart.

One night, stretched too thin, he makes a mistake. A small one, the kind anyone could make. It costs a young patient her life. What follows is the slow unraveling of a good man trying to bury the truth under a facade of perfection.

Amidst the drama, the film is also a compassionate tribute to the impossible work medical professionals do every day and the special lives they touch. Even the story's darker turns serve as a warning about what happens when we take for granted those who sacrifice so much to serve others.

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The people we count on to care for us — nurses, home-health aides, the family members who become caregivers without training — are quietly running on empty. Those who persist do so with enormous pressures, expectations, and stakes.

We made this film in part to honor these heroes, and to show honestly what the work asks of the people who do it. When Sam makes a fatal mistake, the story doesn't shy away from the denial, fear, and blame-shifting anyone in his shoes would face — and even amidst all of that, he's revealed to be a deeply compassionate support for the patients he's entrusted with.

If you work in healthcare, or if you have questions about the film, we'd love to hear from you. Send us an email and we'll write back personally.

More than six years ago we produced a proof-of-concept short, The Way That I Take, which showed what the team could do and earned awards throughout its festival run. On the strength of that short and Hartwell's script, we raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from private investors — which is why we come to you now with a finished film.

Even so, we had to make Do No Harm for roughly a third of what a production this size usually costs. We closed that gap with relentless work, shouldering as much of it ourselves as we possibly could. What ended up on screen looks like a film that cost far more than we spent.