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Hunger Ward (2020)

Hunger Ward (2020)

Documentary

On the frontlines of famine in Yemen.

Release Date: 2020, November 11
Directors: Skye Fitzgerald
Countries: United States of America
Production: RYOT Films, Vulcan Productions, Spin Film, MTV Documentary Films, XTR
Cast: Aida Alsadeeq, Omeima Essa Salem Abdullah, Mekkia Mahdi, Abeer Otham Thaneb

Overview:

Filmed from inside two of the most active therapeutic feeding centers in Yemen, HUNGER WARD documents two female health care workers fighting to thwart the spread of starvation against the backdrop of a forgotten war. The film provides an unflinching portrait of Dr. Aida Alsadeeq and Nurse Mekkia Mahdi as they try to save the lives of hunger-stricken children within a population on the brink of famine.