Q&A with director Luke Lorentzen and healthcare professionals from White Plains Hospital

Thursday, May. 7 2026, 7:00

• Luke Lorentzen is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. His most recent film, A Still Small Voice (2023), follows a chaplain completing a year-long hospital residency. The film won the U.S. Documentary Best Director Award at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, was listed as one of the best ten films of the year by The New York Times, and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Luke’s previous film, Midnight Family (2019), was also shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature after winning over 35 awards from film festivals and organizations around the world, including a Special Jury Award for Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival, Best Editing from the International Documentary Association, and the Golden Frog for Best Documentary from Camerimage. In 2024, the film was adapted into a 10-part fictionalized series for Apple TV+. Luke’s other work as a director and cinematographer includes the Netflix original series Last Chance U (2019), which won an Emmy for Outstanding Serialized Sports Documentary. With Kellen Quinn, Luke is a co-founder of the independent production company Hedgehog Films.

• The Rev. Richard P. Limato, Director of Pastoral Care and Education, is an ordained deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of New York. As a former teacher and elementary school administrator, he enjoys teaching ethics and spiritual & cultural awareness at the end of life to nurses. He finds supporting the chaplains on staff and visiting patients and their families of all spiritual expressions the most rewarding part of his work. An avid reader, Deacon Richard enjoys reading nonfiction, watching independent films, listening to music, attending theater on- and off-Broadway, traveling, binge watching Law and Order, and spending time with his family. He welcomes all to call upon the services of the pastoral care department.

• Sarah Prager is the Associate Director of the Palliative Medicine Service at White Plains Hospital, and is board certified as an Adult Health Nurse Practitioner and as an Advanced Certified Hospital and Palliative Nurse. She earned her BSN and MSN from Columbia University and her BA in Biology from the University of Colorado. She has been working at White Plains Hospital since 2018. Sarah’s passion for palliative medicine stems from her desire to ensure that patients and families are making informed decisions regarding their healthcare, especially while living with the complexity of serious illness.

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