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Sara
Nov 30, 2007, 3:59:28 PM11/30/07
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Hi everyone,
Hope you are all enjoying our day off!
I have a brief update on our first film and would like to start
discussion about the film series.
I look forward to hearing all ideas/suggestions....
As we discussed, we would like to screen our first film in early/mid-
January.
I looked into A Closer Walk, a PBS documentary about HIV/AIDS that
Helena suggested.
http://www.acloserwalk.org/
I checked the UIUC library catalog and it doesn't look like any of the
libraries here have it, so I stopped in at the MSB library and spoke
with Ryan, one of our librarians. He found the film at 4 other
Illinois colleges and is looking into acquiring the film thru
InterLibrary Loan.
If we all agree, this film might be a great option for our first film.
Thoughts??
(I thought more about Sicko and realized that it is more about
problems w/ the US health
care system....what do you think?)
______________________________________________________________________
More films....
Ryan (the librarian) is also researching another film I would really
love to get, but I think it will be much harder to acquire: it is a
2006 documentary about the merits of the Cuban health care system
http://www.saludthefilm.net/ns/index.html
Also, I have thought about the following two films, both of which I
have seen, for future film screenings....I can most likely have them
sent to me if we decide we like them!
1. Jung in the Land of Mujahideen - a film about the Italian non-
profit group, Emergency, that builds first-world hospitals in war-torn
areas. This film features a hospital in Afghanistan.
http://www.emergencyusa.org/nuovo_sito/pages/mission_sections.php?mission=19§ion=25&subsection=17
2. Living with SLIM - a short film about children in African nations
and how they have been affected by HIV/AIDS.
http://www.samkauffmann.com/films/slim/
Hope you are all enjoying our day off!
I have a brief update on our first film and would like to start
discussion about the film series.
I look forward to hearing all ideas/suggestions....
As we discussed, we would like to screen our first film in early/mid-
January.
I looked into A Closer Walk, a PBS documentary about HIV/AIDS that
Helena suggested.
http://www.acloserwalk.org/
I checked the UIUC library catalog and it doesn't look like any of the
libraries here have it, so I stopped in at the MSB library and spoke
with Ryan, one of our librarians. He found the film at 4 other
Illinois colleges and is looking into acquiring the film thru
InterLibrary Loan.
If we all agree, this film might be a great option for our first film.
Thoughts??
(I thought more about Sicko and realized that it is more about
problems w/ the US health
care system....what do you think?)
______________________________________________________________________
More films....
Ryan (the librarian) is also researching another film I would really
love to get, but I think it will be much harder to acquire: it is a
2006 documentary about the merits of the Cuban health care system
http://www.saludthefilm.net/ns/index.html
Also, I have thought about the following two films, both of which I
have seen, for future film screenings....I can most likely have them
sent to me if we decide we like them!
1. Jung in the Land of Mujahideen - a film about the Italian non-
profit group, Emergency, that builds first-world hospitals in war-torn
areas. This film features a hospital in Afghanistan.
http://www.emergencyusa.org/nuovo_sito/pages/mission_sections.php?mission=19§ion=25&subsection=17
2. Living with SLIM - a short film about children in African nations
and how they have been affected by HIV/AIDS.
http://www.samkauffmann.com/films/slim/
uman80
Dec 1, 2007, 8:27:39 PM12/1/07
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These all look like great ideas! Based on its availability and
content, my vote would be for A Closer Walk as the first movie.
I did some searches to see about overview films on International
Health, and the closest fit seems to be another one shown fairly
recently on PBS, "Rx for Survival -- A Global Health Challenge"...But,
this is a 6 part documentary that runs 336 minutes--probably a bit
much.
One idea I'd like to throw out is a short (~8 min.) film about a
recent book by the Center for Global Development called "Millions
Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health", available at:
http://www.cgdev.org/section/initiatives/_active/millionssaved/overview/video/
...maybe we could play this before/after the movie as an introduction
to the global context into which the AIDS pandemic fits?
On Nov 30, 2:59 pm, Sara <sarazarne...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Hope you are all enjoying our day off!
>
> I have a brief update on our first film and would like to start
> discussion about the film series.
> I look forward to hearing all ideas/suggestions....
>
> As we discussed, we would like to screen our first film in early/mid-
> January.
>
> I looked into A Closer Walk, a PBS documentary about HIV/AIDS that
> Helena suggested.http://www.acloserwalk.org/
content, my vote would be for A Closer Walk as the first movie.
I did some searches to see about overview films on International
Health, and the closest fit seems to be another one shown fairly
recently on PBS, "Rx for Survival -- A Global Health Challenge"...But,
this is a 6 part documentary that runs 336 minutes--probably a bit
much.
One idea I'd like to throw out is a short (~8 min.) film about a
recent book by the Center for Global Development called "Millions
Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health", available at:
http://www.cgdev.org/section/initiatives/_active/millionssaved/overview/video/
...maybe we could play this before/after the movie as an introduction
to the global context into which the AIDS pandemic fits?
On Nov 30, 2:59 pm, Sara <sarazarne...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Hope you are all enjoying our day off!
>
> I have a brief update on our first film and would like to start
> discussion about the film series.
> I look forward to hearing all ideas/suggestions....
>
> As we discussed, we would like to screen our first film in early/mid-
> January.
>
> I looked into A Closer Walk, a PBS documentary about HIV/AIDS that
>
> I checked the UIUC library catalog and it doesn't look like any of the
> libraries here have it, so I stopped in at the MSB library and spoke
> with Ryan, one of our librarians. He found the film at 4 other
> Illinois colleges and is looking into acquiring the film thru
> InterLibrary Loan.
>
> If we all agree, this film might be a great option for our first film.
> Thoughts??
> (I thought more about Sicko and realized that it is more about
> problems w/ the US health
> care system....what do you think?)
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
> More films....
> Ryan (the librarian) is also researching another film I would really
> love to get, but I think it will be much harder to acquire: it is a
> 2006 documentary about the merits of the Cuban health care systemhttp://www.saludthefilm.net/ns/index.html
> I checked the UIUC library catalog and it doesn't look like any of the
> libraries here have it, so I stopped in at the MSB library and spoke
> with Ryan, one of our librarians. He found the film at 4 other
> Illinois colleges and is looking into acquiring the film thru
> InterLibrary Loan.
>
> If we all agree, this film might be a great option for our first film.
> Thoughts??
> (I thought more about Sicko and realized that it is more about
> problems w/ the US health
> care system....what do you think?)
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
> More films....
> Ryan (the librarian) is also researching another film I would really
> love to get, but I think it will be much harder to acquire: it is a
>
> Also, I have thought about the following two films, both of which I
> have seen, for future film screenings....I can most likely have them
> sent to me if we decide we like them!
>
> 1. Jung in the Land of Mujahideen - a film about the Italian non-
> profit group, Emergency, that builds first-world hospitals in war-torn
> areas. This film features a hospital in Afghanistan.http://www.emergencyusa.org/nuovo_sito/pages/mission_sections.php?mis...
> Also, I have thought about the following two films, both of which I
> have seen, for future film screenings....I can most likely have them
> sent to me if we decide we like them!
>
> 1. Jung in the Land of Mujahideen - a film about the Italian non-
> profit group, Emergency, that builds first-world hospitals in war-torn
Helena Orbach
Dec 1, 2007, 11:50:42 PM12/1/07
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Hey Sara,
Great proactivity! Here is a link to that film: http://www.acloserwalk.org/. I saw most of it - and as I recall it was very well-done. I have also seen Rx for Survival. It's definitely geared to the lay-man..it's not over the top intellectually. It is a 6 part series, but they are each individually separate - so if you show one, it's not going to affect the others, etc. They are each an hour-long. I'm for whatever. I tried searching and I too found Salud. It's harder than I thought to locate some good films. I mean I know a lot of HIV films, but not so many generalized global health films.
Helena
uman80
Dec 1, 2007, 11:58:49 PM12/1/07
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...About Rx for Survival, I had high hopes, but found it borderline
boring. I didn't watch all of it, but the parts I did see didn't
impress me much.
boring. I didn't watch all of it, but the parts I did see didn't
impress me much.
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