Film Captures Risky Work of Doctors Without Borders
25 July 2010
This is the VOA Special English Development Report.
"Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders" is a documentary by movie 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 last month.
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.
Scene from ''Living in Emergency"
The director says "Living in Emergency" is a story about how things are, not how you wish things were.
Doctor Tom Krueger from the United States volunteered in Liberia in two thousand three, after two civil wars.
TOM KRUEGER: "It was pretty much of a shock when I got here. I mean, if you're going to talk to some of your friends about some of the stuff you saw -- and 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. You know, the circulation, and the smell of your own panic, you know, when you're not sure what to do."
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