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  • 2017
  • Abramorama
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2017
  • Abramorama
  • 1 h 42 m

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]

Directed By: Kief Davidson, Pedro Kos

Written By: Cori Shepherd Stern

  • 2017
  • Abramorama
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2017
  • Abramorama
  • 1 h 42 m

Bending the Arc

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
80
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
7.4
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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]

Directed By: Kief Davidson, Pedro Kos

Written By: Cori Shepherd Stern

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
80
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14% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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100
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.
By David Lewis FULL REVIEW
100
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.
By Duane Byrge FULL REVIEW
90
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.
By Geoff Berkshire FULL REVIEW
88
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.
By Peter Keough FULL REVIEW
70
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.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
70
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.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
60
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.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Decoy Productions, Impact Partners, Scout & Scholar, Urban Landscapes Productions
Release Date Oct 6, 2017
Duration 1 h 42 m
Genres
Tagline A Friendship That Changed the World
Website http://abramorama.com/films/bending-the-arc/
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Awards

Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Miami Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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