Documentary+Review

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A New Picture of Health

The documentary "A New Picture of Health", by David Evans is an inspirational video about The Global Fund, a company that has donated over 19 billion dollars towards healthcare in communities in over 144 countries. HIV Aids, tuberculosis, and malaria devastated the inhabitants of poor countries all over the world. Because of help from The Global Fund, over 17 million people have been treated for tuberculosis, and hundreds of millions of mothers and children have been protected from malaria by "bed nets". Funding from The Global Fund has provided 2.8 million people with HIV Aids with antiretroviral treatment. This documentary I found explained very well the help that The Global Fund is providing to these patients. The images of these patients, especially the children, were upsetting, because they looked to be suffering. The film also interviewed M.M. Kefyalen Merahi, of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church, about not discriminating against those infected with HIV Aids, which I think is a good point. As a conclusion, this documentary showed images of children playing, going to school, and people praying on a small screen being held by different people. This I found to have a very motivational (inspirational?) feel to it. This documentary was very effective, and I enjoyed it.

A well structured response to a very important piece of film. Thanks

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