Hearts of Glass: Virtual Screening and Panel Discussion - Linking Health to Social Factors

Film: PG, 2019, Documentary, 68-minutes

Accessibility

• Descriptive Audio: English
• Closed Captioning: English and Spanish

Panel Discussion: Recorded Livestream, 1 hour

Accessibility

• American Sign Language (ASL) Interpretation
• Closed Captioning: English

Have you ever considered that where you live, learn, work and play affect your health?

Join the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM), American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD), and the All of Us Research Program as we explore this important topic while watching the award-winning documentary, Hearts of Glass.

About Hearts of Glass

In this film, you will meet several people with intellectual and developmental disabilities whose health and lives were improved through employment at Vertical Harvest (VH). VH is a state-of-the-art vertical greenhouse in the small town of Jackson, Wyoming.

Hearts of Glass weaves the story of this ambitious startup with the personal journeys of employees with disabilities. Plants and people grow together in this intimate portrait of innovation, inclusion, and community health.

How to watch Hearts of Glass with All of Us

Watch at your convenience. Video on Demand will be available starting March 9, 2022, through March 18, 2022.

About the Panel Discussion (Watch the recording by going to the Q&A tab above and clicking on the "Click Here to Watch Recording" button)

On Monday, March 14th we hosted a dynamic panel discussion. We invite you to watch the recorded conversation. This is a rare opportunity to hear directly from the Hearts of Glass filmmaker, and two Vertical Harvest employees featured in the film. They were joined by a researcher who will address the ways in which social determinants of health directly affect our health, and the health disparities of those in the disability community. Social determinants of health include where we live, how we socialize, and employment security, among other things.

For information on our panelists and how to join the conversation, visit the “Q&A” tab on this site.

This event was made possible with the support of the following organizations:

• The National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• The Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM)
• American Association on Health and Disability
• disABILITY LINK
• Boston Center for Independent Living (BCIL)
• Progress Center for Independent Living
• Atlantis Community, Inc.
• TIRR Memorial Hermann/ILRU
• Center for Independent Living South Florida

This event is in collaboration with the All of Us Research Program, which is inviting one million or more people across the U.S. to help build one of the most diverse health databases in history. Researchers will use this data to learn how our biology, lifestyle, and environment affect health to help personalize medicine in the future. Learn more about this historic program HERE. This event is supported by funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health under cooperative agreement number UG4 LM012346-05S1 at the University of Iowa, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.

Image Descriptions

First Row: First Row: Filmmaker Welcome Video

Second Row, First Image: Text “Hearts of Glass” inside the outline of green heart accented with leaves appears at the top of the image. Below is the Grand Teton mountain next to the Vertical Harvest greenhouse, a metal and glass multi-story structure. Three people - two women and a man stand with lettuces and tomatoes in their hands. Two of the people wear t-shirts with the Vertical Harvest logo.

Second Row, Second Image: A young woman in a Vertical Harvest hooded sweatshirt and sunglasses stands smiling. She is in front of the Vertical Harvest greenhouse and there are rows of lettuce in a growing carousel visible through the window behind her.

Third Row, First Image: Two employees, Emily and Johnny, pose together smiling and holding a plastic container of greens in front of them. A note on the container reads “Thank you for being a great teammate, Emily!” It is signed “Johnny.”

Third Row, Second Image: Multi-story vertical carousel with lettuces; illuminated by pink LED lights.

Fourth Row, First Image: View of Vertical Harvest greenhouse from the street; modern, three-story glass and steel façade.

Fourth Row, Second Image: Ty and Joelle side-by-side pruning tomato plants. Joelle’s hand is around Ty’s wrist as she guides his hand along a vine.

Fifth Row, First Image: Graphic with text "Virtual screening and panel discussion presented by" and logo with text: NIH, National Library of Medicine, Network of the National Library of Medicine, All of Us Research Program.

Fifth Row, Second Image: Graphic divided into four squares - Top Left: "Hearts of Glass" logo, then text "Watch the film & join the conversation!" and "Panel Discussion March 14, Monday, 5:00 pm ET; Top Right: woman with a broad smile, shoulder-length brown hair and a colorful top, text below “Caroline, Vertical Harvest Co-Founder”; Bottom Left: woman with short blonde hair in a black shirt, text below "Jennifer, 'Hearts of Glass' Director"; bottom right: man with gray hair wearing a black cap and glasses smiles, text below “Kyle, Vertical Harvest Employee."