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Living in Emergency
Directed by
Mark N. Hopkins
Not Rated
2009
1h 33m
Documentary
7.9
93%
79%
6.7
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In the war zones of Liberia and Congo, four volunteers with Doctors Without Borders struggle to provide emergency medical care under extreme conditions.
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Cast of Living in Emergency
Davinder Gill
Himself
Chris Brasher
Himself
Tom Krueger
Himself
Chiara Lepora
Herself
Mark N. Hopkins
Director
Sarah E. Johnson
Executive Producer
Christopher Woodrow
Executive Producer
Molly Conners
Executive Producer
Living in Emergency Ratings & Reviews
Detroit News
Tom Long
There's a bit of a gore factor here, obviously, but this is mostly a movie about brave people trying to hang on to their hearts while saving others.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Chris Hewitt
The documentary's title makes it sound like a hagiographic look at saintly doctors in war zones, but Living takes off the halos and keeps them off.
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
The good they accomplish is clearly dwarfed by the people's suffering, which keeps on going even after the war ends and the mission departs.
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
Utterly engrossing.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
The film confirms it's hard to do brain surgery on a battlefield. But it doesn't take a brain surgeon to think it could go deeper.
Moving Pictures Magazine
Annlee Ellingson
An unblinking portrait of the French humanitarian organization and, ultimately, a positive one ... It's a distressing film to watch, but it's not without hope.
Cinematical
Christopher Campbell
Like a good non-fiction film should, Living in Emergency simply presents its observations. Then you get to decide for yourself if you feel bad, glad, mad or willing to add
About.com
Jennifer Merin
The true stories and struggles depicted are gripping -- more so than most medical dramas. Collectively, four doctors represent a revealing cross section of Doctors Without Borders volunteers, and provide insights about how the NGO operates.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
These doctors are hard on themselves and on one another, and as Living in Emergency chronicles their small triumphs and large frustrations, a larger picture emerges, almost despite the film's avowedly local emphasis.
Spirituality & Practice
Mary Ann Brussat
A portrait of doctors doing the best they can in hellish circumstances that shows them as more human and heroic than ever.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Dynamic, informal and observant yet, while never grueling, it offers a constant provocative contrast between backgrounds of spectacular and beautiful natural scenery and primitive living conditions.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
The film lacks focus, meandering along for an hour and a half. Some judicious editing is needed to make the film more urgent.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
With limited resources, the MSF is compelled to fly from crisis to crisis, and there is never any real closure. The film shows us the anger and disbelief of those left behind.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
The camera is unsparing. Not only does it show graphic surgeries but it keeps rolling while doctors displace their anger at the world on one another.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Gripping, sobering, inspiring stuff.
Boston Globe
Lucy Barber
Rather than spending an hour and a half preying on the guilt of First World viewers, director Mark Hopkins focuses his gaze on the doctors' motivations.
Variety
Ronnie Scheib
Hopkins rises to the occasion by refusing to make a heroic feel-good film about saving the world one life at a time.
The Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden
A dynamic portrait of doctors without halos.
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
"Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders" should be mandatory viewing in every high school around the world.
Village Voice
Michelle Orange
Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders takes a rough -- in several senses -- measure of how humanitarian aid works.
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