Monday, December 14, 2009

Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders, Mon Dec. 14 (One Night ONLY!)

"Gripping. Haunting. Real...experience firsthand a guerrilla-style documentary...'Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders'." —Tampa Tribune

See it tonight only. Find a theater near you.

For one night only on Monday, December 14, thousands of people across the country will have the chance to get uncensored access to the humanitarian aid operations of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

Get this rare inside look through the critically acclaimed independent documentary, “Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders" and a live panel discussion with ABC News 20/20 Anchor Elizabeth Vargas, besting-selling author Sebastian Junger and other special guests.

"Living in Emergency" was recently announced as 1 of 15 documentaries selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to continue in the Oscar® nomination race.

Following the documentary, ABC’s Elizabeth Vargas, an Emmy-award winning investigative journalist, will moderate a town hall discussion that will go beyond the headlines of today’s humanitarian crises and go behind the scenes of one of the leading international medical humanitarian organizations.

The panelists will include:
EVENT HOST - ELIZABETH VARGAS, anchor of ABC News 20/20. As an Emmy-winning anchor and correspondent, she has traveled the world covering breaking news stories, reporting in-depth investigations and conducting newsmaker interviews.

SEBASTIAN JUNGER is the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm and an award-winning foreign correspondent. His war coverage included reports from Liberia, Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Sierra Leone.

DR. WALTER GWENIGALE, who appears in Living in Emergency, is Liberia's Minister of Health. He is rebuilding a health system destroyed by years of civil war.

DR. CHRIS BRASHER, who appears in Living in Emergency, is a 9-year MSF veteran. His last field mission was captured in the filming.

DR. TOM KRUEGER, who appears in Living in Emergency, was a first mission during the filming. He has gone on to become an MSF surgeon in numerous emergencies.
SOPHIE DELAUNAY is the Executive Director of MSF-USA.

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