Summary
About the extraordinary 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.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+15)
Critics 90Audiences 75GoodWatch 82
Tomatometer100%
Metascore80
IMDb8.0
Audience score78%
User score6.7
Running time
1 h 42 min
A typical length for documentaries, +6 min on the typical 96
typical 96102Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 29 more
Released
2017
January 23, 2017
9 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
KinyarwandaHaitian CreoleSpanishMade in
United States
Directing · 2
- Kief Davidson Director, Producer
- Pedro Kos Director, Editor
Writing · 1
- Cori Shepherd Stern Writer, Producer
Production · 11
- Matt Damon Executive Producer
- Ben Affleck Executive Producer
- Patty Quillin Executive Producer
- Rick Rosenthal Executive Producer
- Nancy Stephens Executive Producer
- Eric Dobkin Executive Producer
Camera · 4
- David Murdock Director of Photography
- Nick Higgins Director of Photography
- Guy Mossman Director of Photography
- Joshua Dreyfus Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Yuki Aizawa Editor
Sound · 2
- H. Scott Salinas Original Music Composer
- Matthew Atticus Berger Original Music Composer
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