Title:
Film Captures Risky Work of Doctors Without Borders
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"Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without
Borders" is a documentary film by director Mark
Hopkins. It tells the story of four doctors and
their volunteer work in Liberia and the Democratic
Republic of Congo.The award-winning film was first
shown at the two thousand eight Venice Film
Festival. It opened in the United States in
June.Doctors Without Borders is a humanitarian
organization also known by its French name, Medecins
Sans Frontieres. It handles emergencies caused by
war, infectious disease and natural disasters. The
group says this was the first time it gave a
documentary crew unrestricted access to its field
operations. Mr. Hopkins and his crew filmed the
doctors working under some of the most extreme and
dangerous conditions imaginable. The director says
"Living in Emergency" is a story about how things
are, not how you wish things were. Dr. Tom Krueger
from the United States volunteered in Liberia in two
thousand three, after two civil wars. He said: "It
was pretty much of a shock when I got here. You
can't describe the smells, the feeling of the heat
on your body and the sweat running down your back.
The smell of the pus that hits your nose and of
unwashed bodies in a closed room."Another doctor in
the film, Australian Chris Brasheer, has been with
Doctors Without Borders for nine years. He has
served in the Democratic Republic of Congo and spent
time in Liberia. He described some of the conditions
he faced: "no water, no electricity, no food."
Doctors Without Borders was established in nineteen
seventy-one by doctors and journalists in France.
Today, the group provides humanitarian medical aid
in nearly sixty countries. On an average day almost
twenty-seven thousand doctors, nurses and others
work in teams of local and foreign aid workers.Dr.
Chiara Lepora from Italy also appears in the film.
She spent several years working with the group, and
told VOA's Penelope Poulou that she will probably
return. She said: "There are a lot of doctors who
are willing to volunteer once, but not many doctors
who are willing to repeat their experience." Doctors
Without Borders has organizations in nineteen
countries, including the United States. Ninety
percent of its money comes from private sources. In
nineteen ninety-nine the group received the Nobel
Peace Prize. And that's the VOA Special English
Development Report.
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