Bending the Arc

Name: Bending the Arc
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 6, 2017
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 80
Cast: Agnes Binagwaho, Catherine Betrand-Farmer, Cesar Bonilla, Heureuse Charles, Jaime Bayona

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Abramorama | Release Date: October 6, 2017 | NR

Starring: Agnes Binagwaho, Catherine Betrand-Farmer, Cesar Bonilla, Heureuse Charles, Jaime Bayona, Jim Yong Kim, Marcella Davies, Ophelia Dahl, Paul Farmer, Rosa Celi

Summary: A powerful documentary about the extraordinary team of doctors and activists —including Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, and Ophelia Dahl —whose work 30 years ago to save lives in a rural Haitian village grew into a global battle in the halls of power for the right to health for all. [Abramorama]

Director: Kief Davidson and Pedro Kos

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: NR

Runtime: 102 min

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David Lewis

Oct 18, 2017

It’s a rousing, feel-good story about overcoming barriers, even when the challenges — poverty, lack of medical access — are inherently bleak. Read full review

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Duane Byrge

Oct 5, 2017

Most magically, it transcends the colossal power of its own story to show how individual beings, one step at a time, can right the course of inequality and injustice. Read full review

Geoff Berkshire

Oct 5, 2017

With the gripping appeal of a great epic novel, Kief Davidson and Pedro Kos’ documentary spans three decades of diligent work on the frontlines of global health crises to prove, in moving detail, the difference dedicated professionals can make in seemingly hopeless situations. Read full review

Peter Keough

Oct 13, 2017

In the end, the film describes not so much an arc as a circle. Kim, who had criticized the World Bank for its callous approach to financing health care for the poor, is appointed its chairman by President Obama in 2012. Read full review

Robert Abele

Oct 12, 2017

The archival footage, the impassioned interviews, and the inspiring story of how warriors for solutions can overcome entrenched views on poverty and health, make for something genuinely stirring. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Oct 5, 2017

The men refused to be deterred by institutional rigidity, political apathy or a skeptical scientific community. Their perseverance is cheering, giving the movie a brightly buoyant tone that belies the suffering at its center and renders the sometimes distracting musical score largely unnecessary. Read full review

The Guardian Leslie Felperin

Oct 5, 2017

Although the treacly soundtrack overpunches on the sentiment at times, this is undeniably moving stuff – especially scenes where some of the doctors see footage of patients they helped save, still very much alive and thriving today. Read full review

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