Le système de santé américain est en plein marasme.Car non seulement 47 millions de citoyens n'ont aucune couverture médicale, mais des millions d'autres, pourtant bénéficiaires d'une mutuelle, se heurtent systématiquement aux lourdeurs administratives du système.Au terme d'une enquête sans concession sur le système de santé dans son propre pays, Michael Moore nous offre un tour d'horizon des dispositifs existants au Canada, en Grande-Bretagne et en France, où les citoyens sont soignés gratuitement.
The film depicts the problems still occurring fifty years after the development of the polio vaccine, and shows areas where the polio virus is still found in several countries around the world. Without vaccinations it could re-emerge and re-infect regions where it was eradicated decades ago, and the film also notes that the first line of defense is a dedicated and continual effort by international health workers going door-to-door to ensure every child is vaccinated.
The filmmakers follow the journey of five American veterans from World War II, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the Iraq War as they sign up, participate in battle and finally change their perspective about the real meaning of war and being a good soldier. At the end, The Good Soldier poses the question: "What is it that makes a good soldier? Is it the ability to kill other human beings?" The film is composed of candid interviews with the veterans, who marched eagerly to defend their country in 1944, 1966, 1991, or 2003 only to return conflicted by the atrocities they saw and participated in, and questioning what true service to your country really means, The juxtaposition of these searing interviews with jarring on-the-ground archival footage exposes the brutality of combat, and honors the bravery not only of those who fight, but those who fight for change. In ultimately choosing to work for peace in the world, the heroes profiled in this film, have begun to take steps towards peace with themselves as well.
Le documentaire Saving Face (« Sauver le visage ») suit un chirurgien pakistanais basé à Londres, le Dr. Mohammad Jawad, lors de ses voyages au Pakistan pour ses interventions de chirurgie plastique réparatrice sur des femmes victimes d'attaque à l'acide.
Trois années après avoir été amputé de la jambe droite au-dessus du genou, Terry Fox décide de lever des fonds pour la recherche sur le cancer en courant un marathon chaque jour à travers le Canada. En 143 jours, il couvre plus de 5000 kilomètres, inspirant des millions et touchant la nation au cœur avec son marathon de l’espoir. Primé deux fois "Most Valuable Player" par la National Basketball Association, fier d’être Canadien, Steve Nash présente pour son premier film l’histoire incroyable de persévérance et d’espoir de Terry Fox.
A Walk to Beautiful tells the stories of five women in Ethiopia who are ostracized by their family and villages due to their suffering from obstetric fistula, a serious medical condition caused by failed childbirth under conditions of insurmountable poverty and inadequate health care. These women live in isolation with a sense of loneliness and shame due to rejection by their own. Each of these five women choose to reclaim their lives by taking the long and exhausting journey to the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital so they could receive the medical treatment available only there. Upon arriving at the hospital, the women are treated free of charge, resulting in new beginnings. Not every patient can be cured, but each woman takes her own journey toward becoming independent and productive members of their communities once again.
Frederick Wiseman filme plus particulièrement les activités du service des urgences. À travers différentes situations, il montre comment la disponibilité des équipements, l'expertise médicale, les problèmes d'organisation et la communication entre les membres de l'équipe médicale conditionnent les soins donnés aux patients.