ROCKFORD — “Living in Emergency,” a film offering an inside look into the field operations of Doctors Without Borders, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14, at Kerasotes Rockford Showplace, 8301 E. State St.
The 90-minute documentary, which has been short-listed for a possible Oscar nomination, looks at the Nobel Peace Prize-winning program through the eyes of four doctors forced to confront the limits of their idealism in the face of overwhelming medical needs in war-torn Congo and post-conflict Liberia.
“These stories are their intensely personal experiences, which are emblematic of the hard choices, dilemmas, and sometimes, bitter realities that Doctors Without Borders medical teams grapple with every day in more than 60 countries around the world,” said Sophie Delaunay, executive director of Doctors Without Borders-USA. “We are giving Americans across the nation a first, in-depth look at our field operations.”
Elizabeth Vargas of ABC News 20/20 and an Emmy-award winning investigative journalist, will host the event and will moderate a town-hall discussion after the screening. The panelists will include Sebastian Junger, best-selling author of “The Perfect Storm” and Vanity Fair contributing editor, Drs. Tom Krueger and Chris Brasher, who are featured in the documentary, Delaunay, and other guests.
The discussion will be broadcast from the Skirball Performing Arts Center stage at New York University to 444 cinemas in 47 states.
Tickets for the showing are $12.50 and are available at FathomEvents.com/doctorswithoutborders.
