Hunger Ward
MovieTitle | Hunger Ward |
User score | 7.8 |
Release date | Nov 11, 2020 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Skye Fitzgerald |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | RYOT Films, Vulcan Productions, Spin Film, MTV Documentary Films, XTR |
Run time | 40 min. |
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.