The Final Inch
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Final Inch |
| Country of production | United States |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 38 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Irene Taylor Brodsky |
| production | Irene Taylor Brodsky, Tom Grant , Google.org , Vermillion Films |
| music | Courtney Von Drehle , Joe Janiga |
| camera | Jeffrey prank |
| cut | Bill Weber |
The Final Inch is a documentary - short film by Irene Taylor Brodsky on the fight against polio . The film was released in 2009 and was nominated for several film awards, including an Oscar and several Emmys .
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The Final Inch shows the hard work of the often voluntary helpers in administering the polio vaccine in Afghanistan and India. Cases of polio are not uncommon in either country, although the vaccine has existed since the 1950s and has been administered orally since 1961. The film shows the work of volunteers from Rotarians , and the umbrella organization of Rotary clubs has established a "National Immunization Day" in various countries. It is also discussed that Muslim children from poorly educated households are kept away from the vaccination because "the US vaccines cannot be trusted."
production
The Final Inch was filmed primarily in 2007 in slums in Afghanistan , Pakistan and India . The financing came from the charitable spin-off of the Google group - Google.org . Its director, the doctor and epidemiologist Larry Brilliant, commented on the film as follows:
"The most contaminated environments are the poorest environments in the world, therefore, it is not surprising that 'the final inch' will be that inch of humanity that we don't see, that happens behind the curtain of poverty, where people die quietly with no one to hear them. It is a test of our civilization - how we care for the most vulnerable amongst us, how we care for the people who we don't see. "
"Most [of polio] contaminated L flat spaces are the poorest habitats in the world, therefore it is not surprising that The Final Inch exactly this last [pieces] ( inches ) shows the humanity that we do not see. The piece that happens behind the curtain of poverty; where people die quietly - without someone to hear them. This is a test of our civilization - how we care for the most vulnerable among us. How we take care of the people we don't see. "
Film awards
- Won
- "Crystal Heart Award" of the Heartland Film Festival , 2009
- “Pare Lorentz Award” from the International Documentary Association , 2009 - for Irene Tylor Brodsky & Tom Grant
- nomination
- " Oscar / Best Documentary Short Film " at the 2009 Academy Awards
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Emmy 2010:
- Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form for Irene Taylor Brodsky, Tom Grant , Sheila Nevins , Sara Bernstein & HBO
- "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research" for Irene Taylor Brodsky, Sophie Harris & HBO
- "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Music and Sound" for Joe Janiga , Courtney Von Drehle , Drew Canulette , Lance Limbocker , Spencer Palmero & HBO
Web links
- The Final Inch at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- thefinalinch.org - website for the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ray Hyland: Documentary on polio eradication receives Oscar nod ( Memento of February 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), January 26, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- ↑ Chris Niles: Window closing on chance to push polio 'The Final Inch' towards eradication , April 3, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2017.