Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders
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  • Summary: Two volunteers are new recruits: a 26 year-old Australian doctor stranded in a remote bush clinic and an American surgeon struggling to cope under the load of emergency cases in a shattered capital city. Two others are experienced field hands: a dynamic Head of Mission, valiantly trying to keep morale high and tensions under control, and an exhausted veteran, who has seen too much horror and wants out. Amidst the chaos, each volunteer must confront the severe challenges of the work, the tough choices, and the limits of their own idealism. (Truly Indie)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
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  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Lucy Barber
    88
    A remarkable look at the people behind an organization that understands its limitations.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    Dynamic, informal and observant yet, while never grueling, it offers a constant provocative contrast between backgrounds of spectacular and beautiful natural scenery and primitive living conditions.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Sheri Linden
    80
    These are people at the frontline of idealism in action, working to alleviate suffering, one patient at a time, in some of the most devastated places on Earth.
  4. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Nicolas Rapold
    60
    Documentarian Mark N. Hopkins gives us a mature look at the bracing yet very human personalities attracted to crisis.

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