Articles tagged in Film

NPR—Agnes Binagwaho Is A Doctor With ‘Sassitude’

October 28, 2017

Excerpt taken from an article originally published in NPR. Years before she became the health minister of Rwanda, Agnès Binagwaho tried to lock a fellow pediatrician in a hospital room. She saw a doctor…

National Catholic Reporter: ‘Bending the Arc’ documents group’s fight to save lives in developing countries

October 27, 2017

Excerpt taken from an article originally published in the National Catholic Reporter.  In 1983 Ophelia Dahl, the 18-year-old daughter of Academy Award-winning actress Patricia Neal and noted children’s author Roald Dahl (who wrote Charlie and…

Washington Post—The uplifting story of a determined trio who improved health care in poor nations

October 21, 2017

Excerpt from an article originally published in the Washington Post. Does the arc of the moral universe really bend toward justice, as American abolitionist Theodore Parker famously said? It didn’t look that way when…

SF Gate—‘Bending the Arc’ an inspiring doc about changing the world

October 18, 2017

Excerpt from an article originally published in SF Gate. “Bending the Arc,” an inspiring documentary about medical students who went on to redefine health care on a global scale, is a compelling tale about…

CBS—Two doctors fight conventional wisdom to change public health

October 14, 2017

“Bending the Arc” is a new documentary that chronicles the journey of idealistic young doctors who helped change the way public health issues are addressed in developing nations. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr.…

LA Times on Bending the Arc: “Genuinely stirring”

October 13, 2017

While caped, biologically enhanced avengers dominate multiplexes, the documentary “Bending the Arc” — about the intrepid men and women behind the global healthcare nongovernmental organization Partners in Health — chronicles what real-world heroes look…

Boston Globe Review: ‘Bending the Arc’ is a triumph

The 19th-century Boston Unitarian preacher Theodore Parker is quoted as saying “I do not pretend to understand the moral universe, the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am…

Salon on ‘Bending the Arc’—A message of genuine, sometimes surprising, hope.

October 9, 2017

There’s something a little mind-bending about the idea that a documentary about global health could be one of the most life-affirming, optimistic films you might see this year. But that’s the case, because “Bending…

POV Magazine—Review: ‘Bending the Arc’

October 5, 2017

If only more people in power could take this medicine. Excerpt taken from a review originally published in POV Magazine. The right to health care—and, by implication, the right to life—is under the microscope…

The New York Times—Review: Paul Farmer Works to Heal Haiti in ‘Bending the Arc’

Excerpt taken from a review originally published in The New York Times. A feel-good documentary that’s literally about making people feel good, “Bending the Arc” dives into the quagmire of global health care with…