Hunger Ward
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| Directed by | Skye Fitzgerald |
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Running time | 40 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hunger Ward is a 2020 American documentary film directed by Skye Fitzgerald. It depicts the effects of the ongoing Yemeni famine on people, particularly children. It is the third film in Fitzgerald's "refugee trilogy", which also includes 50 Feet From Syria and Lifeboat.[1]
Summary
[edit | edit source]Fueled by years of war that seems to be forgotten by the international community, the people of Yemen suffer as they sit on the brink of an unfathomable famine and humanitarian catastrophe. With unprecedented access, Oscar-nominated director Skye Fitzgerald takes us into the heart of two of the most active therapeutic feeding centers in Yemen. Here, two healthcare workers, Dr. Aida Alsadeeq and nurse Mekkia Mahdi, provide care to malnourished and hunger-stricken children in the throes of need. The third film in Fitzgerald’s refugee trilogy, Hunger Ward challenges us to absorb this heart-wrenching and intimate portrait of the bravery and courage required in the face of deep human suffering. The result is a work that paints the true realities of war — which is so often unseen and overlooked — and asks us to not look away.[2]
Reception
[edit | edit source]Hunger Ward was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021.[3][4][5] Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 100% based on reviews from 5 critics.[6]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Hunger Ward on Pluto TV
- Hunger Ward on Paramount+
- Hunger Ward at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Official website
- 2020 films
- 2020 short documentary films
- American documentary films
- Documentary films about children in war
- Documentary films about health care
- Documentary films about human rights
- Documentary films about Yemen
- Yemeni humanitarian crisis
- 2020s English-language films
- 2020s American films
- English-language short documentary films