“Bending the Arc stretches and soars to the highest documentary dimension…this story is too good not to be true.”
— Duane Byrge,
ABOUT THE FILM
LONG SYNOPSIS
Thirty years ago, a group of improbable heroes came together on a mission that was both medical and moral, and, by everyone’s estimation other than their own, highly unlikely to succeed. Their goal was simple but daring: to make high quality healthcare available to everyone, even in the world’s poorest countries. Fighting entrenched diseases, political and bureaucratic machinery, and the charity-industrial complex itself, these crusaders forced the international community to embrace the idea that health care must be a basic human right in every society, and went ahead to provide it. In doing so, they have changed the lives of millions of people across the globe. Told through interviews, rare archival material and on-the-ground contemporary footage featuring Dr. Paul Farmer (legendary founder of Partners In Health), Dr. Jim Yong Kim (maverick President of the World Bank), and Dr. Agnes Binagwaho (controversial Health Minister of Rwanda), the film is an emotionally charged, dramatic and inspiring journey with these brilliant and headstrong heroes.
Writer Cori Shepherd Stern
Producers Cori Shepherd Stern, Kief Davidson
Executive Producers Dan Cogan, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Eric & Barbara Dobkin, Rick Rosenthal & Nancy Stephens, Lekha Singh, Patty Quillin, Nina & David Fialkow, Diana Barrett for the Fledgling Fund, Joan Platt, Jim & Susan Swartz, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Emerson Collective, The Pershing Square Foundation, Skoll Foundation, Sally Osberg, Sandy Herz, Bernard Friedman, Sean Mewshaw & Desi VanTil, Damon & Heidi Lindelof
Co-Executive Producers David Belle, Abigail Disney, Katharine Kean, Tracy Kidder, Jenny Raskin
Editors Pedro Kos, Yuki Aizawa
Cinematographers David Murdock, Guy Mossman, Joshua Dreyfus
Music H. Scott Salinas, Matthew Atticus Berger
FESTIVALS
2017: Sundance (World Premiere)
FESTIVAL TERRITORIES
The World
EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, Blu-Ray, DVD
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