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Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders is a american film of genre Documentary released in USA on 14 december 2009

Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders (2008)

Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders
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Released in USA 14 december 2009
Length 1h33
OriginUSA
Rating78% 3.938793.938793.938793.938793.93879

Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders is a 2008 American documentary film directed by Mark N. Hopkins. It was among the 15 documentaries shortlisted for the Best Documentary Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the 82nd Academy Awards.

It is the first uncensored film about Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF or Doctors Without Borders) and seeks to viscerally portray the real life of western doctors in the field as they confront the many difficulties and dilemmas of working in extreme conditions with limited resources. Although Living in Emergency is a cinema verité documentary film, it has been compared to fictional films like M*A*S*H and the TV series House.

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Set in war-torn Congo and post-conflict Liberia, Living in Emergency interweaves the stories of four doctors as they struggle to provide emergency medical care in extreme conditions.

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