-Dr. Henry J. Heimlich, M.D.
"Educational and entertaining."
"A hilarious piece of absurdist humor."
-The Miami Herald
"You do not want to miss this ground-breaking
look at
the history of the Heimlich Maneuver."
-New York Underground Film Festival
"This film is not suitable for public
television."
-Miami Public Television, Senior Programming Executive
Screenings
New York Underground Film Festival
Maryland Film Festival
Other Cinema, San Francisco
Macabro (Mexico City)
Chicago Underground Film Festival (Best Short Documentary)
20,000 Leagues Film Festival (Cleveland)
Melbourne Independent Film Festival
The Wolfsonian Museum, Miami Beach
Cosford Cinema, University of Miami
FEATURES
• Interviews with Dr. Henry J. Heimlich
• Archival Footage
• Historical Reenactments
• And a man named Erick Estrada.
The Collector's Edition DVD, released in 2010 for the 8th anniversary, contains the ground-breaking bonus feature allowing viewers the option to watch the film with a one-person laugh track.
TOUCH MY LEFT EYE TO WATCH THE FILM!
A full-fledged medical crisis from time immemorial. Humans have been dying of choking at alarming rates, with every item a potential killer: Peanuts. Corn and meatloaf. Buttons. Candy. Steak. And above all, hotdogs, which have been a deadly choking hazard, probably since the Middle Ages.
So in 1974, when a doctor choked to death at a doctor's convention, Dr. Henry J. Heimlich decided to take action...
THE HISTORY OF CHOKING is a story of controversy, chaos, politics, survival, pain and joy.
(This is the film that the local governments of two counties in Alabama do not want you to see).
