Half the Sky 03/04/2010 EVENT OVERVIEW
NCM Fathom and CARE, with the support of Delta Air Lines, Meredith Corporation and Walmart, are partnering on a one night event inspired by stories from the New York Times bestseller “Half the Sky” by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Celebrate International Women’s Day and be inspired to help women and girls everywhere turn oppression into opportunity. Featuring musical performances, celebrity commentary and the world premiere of “Woineshet,” a short film by Academy Award® winner Marisa Tomei and Lisa Leone. Also with appearances from, India.Arie, Maria Bello, Diane Birch, Michael Franti, Dr. Helene Gayle, Angelique Kidjo, Nicholas Kristof, Marisa Tomei, Sarah, Duchess of York and others.
Experience Half the Sky on March 4, 2010 at 7:30 pm (local time) in select movie theatres across the country.
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Monday, December 14, 2009
Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders LIVE with Elizabeth Vargas For the first time ever,
MSF (Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières) gave a documentary crew uncensored access to its field operations. Set in war-torn Congo and post-conflict Liberia, “Living in Emergency” interweaves the stories of four doctors as they struggle to provide emergency medical care under extreme conditions.
Two volunteers are new recruits: a 26-year-old Australian doctor stranded in a remote bush clinic and an American surgeon from Tennessee trying to cope under the load of emergency cases in a shattered capital city. Two others are experienced field hands: a dynamic Head of Mission, valiantly trying to keep morale high and tensions under control, and an exhausted veteran, who has seen too much horror and wants out.
Amid the chaos, each doctor must find their own way to face the challenges of the work, the tough choices, and the limits of their idealism.
2010 Oscar Consideration:
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that "Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders" is one of 15 films in the
Documentary Feature category that will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®. The selection of the final five nominees will be announced on February 2, 2010.
* Note: The documentary is unrated and contains some war and graphic surgery scenes. http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/events/public/2009-livinginemergency/ * Did not make the
final five nominees 
