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Bending the Arc

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Thirty years ago, when extraordinary doctors and activists worked to save lives in a rural Haitian village, their project turned into a global battle.

Critics Reviews

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Bilge Ebiri Spirituality & Health 03/23/2020
...cost-effective, compassionate, and dazzlingly successful... Go to Full Review
Peter Keough Boston Globe 10/25/2017
3.5/4
For proof that hope and determination make a difference, pessimists and cynics need look no further than Bending the Arc. Go to Full Review
David Lewis San Francisco Chronicle 10/18/2017
4/4
It's a rousing, feel-good story about overcoming barriers, even when the challenges - poverty, lack of medical access - are inherently bleak. Go to Full Review
Pat Mullen POV Magazine 01/26/2021
This powerful film profiles a group of heroes who took the call to see healthcare as a duty and service, rather than as a clinical enterprise. Go to Full Review
Simon Foster Screen-Space (Substack) 01/25/2018
4.5/5
[A] story of social heroism, fierce spiritual triumph and driven scientific determination. Go to Full Review
Christopher Llewellyn Reed Hammer to Nail 01/25/2018
Beautifully shot and edited, the movie does justice to its subjects. Still, it has [a] promo-video quality, at times ... that detracts from its perfection. Go to Full Review
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10/27/2020 A compelling story about young people who changed the world of medicine with little more than their belief that health care is a human right. Through perseverance and hard work, they changed the minds of the medical establishment, showing that state-of-the-art healthcare can and should be provided to the poor worldwide. See more 10/20/2020 It's genuinely moving. Every time I watch I'm filled with determination. See more 11/08/2017 While Partners in Health has done amazing work for the medical communities in rural areas and significant work overall for Global Health, this documentary takes on a heavy handed and slanted view of events surrounding Paul Farmers and PiH's work. Casting broad strokes of hero vs villain in a manner that doesn't illustrate the complexity of situations. The movie takes an aggressive stance against people in the scientific community who are posing questions, which are very legitimate, about their work and results. This process means that results are not taken at face value, but need to be verified and repeated. This process is critical and important, but is instead these scientists are cast as villains. While I appreciate and admire Paul Farmer's and Partners in Health's work, this felt pandering and biased and tunnel-visioned. See more 11/02/2017 Powerful, uplifting, inspiring See more 10/28/2017 Amazing Must See documentary!!!!! See more 10/03/2017 Just saw this last night in Spokane, WA at the Magic Lantern. Life changing, literally. Don't miss it. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Thirty years ago, when extraordinary doctors and activists worked to save lives in a rural Haitian village, their project turned into a global battle.
Director
Kief Davidson, Pedro Kos
Producer
Kief Davidson, Cori Shepherd Stern
Screenwriter
Cori Shepherd Stern
Distributor
Abramorama
Production Co
Scout & Scholar, Impact Partners
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 6, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 22, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$12.2K
Runtime
1h 42m