Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are shining a light on the remarkable true story of three young doctors who saved millions of lives by rethinking the way healthcare is administered in the developing world.
The film, called Bending the Arc, tells the story of Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim (now the President of the World Bank) and Ophelia Dahl, who, while barely out of their teens, came together in a squatter settlement in Haiti and began transforming the face of global health care.
Telling their incredible story has been a passion project for the Damon and Affleck, who worked on the film as executive producers.
The film, called Bending the Arc, tells the story of Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim (now the President of the World Bank) and Ophelia Dahl, who, while barely out of their teens, came together in a squatter settlement in Haiti and began transforming the face of global health care.
Telling their incredible story has been a passion project for the Damon and Affleck, who worked on the film as executive producers.
- 9/19/2017
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
Abramorama has picked up the U.S. theatrical rights to Bending the Arc, a documentary by directors Kief Davidson (The Ivory Game) and Pedro Kos (The Square), and plans a limited release beginning October 6 in New York. The film, which premiered at Sundance in January, revolves around three Harvard med students — Jim Kim (current President of the World Bank), Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl — who became pioneers of global health, literally inventing an international framework…...
- 8/16/2017
- Deadline
A superhero movie world-premiered at Sundance to thunderous applause. No, not a comic-book kind of creature, but the real-world heroism of three gifted caregivers that took on the might of the medical universe and triumphed for mankind.
Bending the Arc unwinds as a stunning documentary about a team of young people — Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, Ophelia Dahl — whose charitable medical work 30 years ago in remote Haiti came to ignite a healthcare movement. Their mission: to deliver basic health care to those who had no access to even the most rudimentary medical help. Their obstacles: The World Bank, the...
Bending the Arc unwinds as a stunning documentary about a team of young people — Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, Ophelia Dahl — whose charitable medical work 30 years ago in remote Haiti came to ignite a healthcare movement. Their mission: to deliver basic health care to those who had no access to even the most rudimentary medical help. Their obstacles: The World Bank, the...
- 1/24/2017
- by Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The stars of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1″ came together to film a PSA about Ebola for the Ebola Survival Fund, with a focus on spreading knowledge and information over fear.
The short video opened with quick cuts of major U.S. news media sources covering the Ebola story in a frantic and rapid pace before breaking to a woman who was a survivor. It then presented hard numbers to show that America should not fear an outbreak of the virus as there have been only isolated incidents here, and these have been wholly contained.
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The short video opened with quick cuts of major U.S. news media sources covering the Ebola story in a frantic and rapid pace before breaking to a woman who was a survivor. It then presented hard numbers to show that America should not fear an outbreak of the virus as there have been only isolated incidents here, and these have been wholly contained.
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- 12/30/2014
- by Jason Hughes
- The Wrap
The Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence knows what it's like to fight for your life. That's why she and the cast of the film franchise have teamed up with the Ebola Survival Fund to raise awareness of the deadly disease. "The world is facing the largest Ebola outbreak in history," says actor Jeffrey Wright, who plays Beetee, in a new PSA. "But the countries hit hardest are Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone," continues Lawrence. "Why?" asks Liam Hemsworth. "In Liberia they had 50 doctors for 4.4 million people," says Josh Hutcherson. "But with high quality supportive care, the great majority of people...
- 12/29/2014
- by Tara Fowler, @waterfowlerta
- PEOPLE.com
The Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence knows what it's like to fight for your life. That's why she and the cast of the film franchise have teamed up with the Ebola Survival Fund to raise awareness of the deadly disease. "The world is facing the largest Ebola outbreak in history," says actor Jeffrey Wright, who plays Beetee, in a new PSA. "But the countries hit hardest are Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone," continues Lawrence. "Why?" asks Liam Hemsworth. "In Liberia they had 50 doctors for 4.4 million people," says Josh Hutcherson. "But with high quality supportive care, the great majority of people...
- 12/29/2014
- by Tara Fowler, @waterfowlerta
- PEOPLE.com
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