Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors without Borders

LIVING IN EMERGENCY: STORIES OF DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS interweaves the stories of four aid workers with Doctors Without Borders as they struggle to provide emergency medical care under the most extreme conditions. Two of the doctors are new recruits: a 26-year-old Australian doctor stranded in a remote bush clinic and an American surgeon struggling 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 confront the severe challenges of the work, the tough choices, and the limits of their own idealism.

“Stunning...beautifully shot and masterfully cut.” (Farley Elliott, LAist.com)