Swimming Against The Tide (2007)
Part of the Medact - Global Health
| Director: | Tom Fawthrop |
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How is it possible that Cuba has achieved so much in the health of its population with so few resources? How can one of the world's poorest nations offer to help the world's richest - the US - after Hurricane Katrina?
In 70 countries round the world, lives have been saved and health systems strengthened by Cuban medical teams.This film explains how and why Cuba has set this amazing example, and what we can learn from it.
The film will be followed by a speaker from Medact, the medical action group for global security, which campaigns on health, conflict and development.
Contact Liz Waterston on 01912816752 or at a.j.r.waterston@ncl.ac.uk for more information.
Other films in the Medact - Global Health:
03
Film: The War Game + Discussion (1965)
3 Feb 2008, 3 p.m.
Describing a 'limited' nuclear attack in Kent, this 1965 film is now widely recognised as an excellent piece of work, although it was kept off TV screens until 1985. Film followed by a discussion organised by Tyneside Medact.
06
Film: Peace Of Mind
6 Jul 2008, 2 p.m.
Middle East Peace Film
19
Film: Lord Of War (2005)
19 Oct 2008, 3 p.m.
Nicholas Cage plays the antiheroic protagonist, an illegal arms dealer with similarities to Russian arms dealers Viktor Bout and Leonid Minin. The film was officially endorsed by the human rights group Amnesty International for highlighting the trafficking of weapons by the international arms industry.
10
Film: The Age Of Stupid (2009)
10 May 2009, 3 p.m.
A drama-documentary-animation hybrid which stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching archive footage from 2008 and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?
08
Film: Life On Earth Perhaps (1985)
8 Nov 2009, 3 p.m.
A short cartoon film by Oliver Postgate that compares the behaviour of people with the behaviour of nations, focusing on the dangers of war in a nuclear age. Followed by a speaker discussion on nuclear disarmament.
14
Film: Waltz With Bashir (2008)
14 Mar 2010, 2 p.m.
Waltz with Bashir (Hebrew: ואלס עם באשיר - Vals Im Bashir) is a 2008 Israeli animated documentary film written and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman in search of his lost memories from the 1982 Lebanon War. To be followed by a talk with Miri Weingarten of Israeli Physicians for Human Rights.
10
Film: Signs For Hope (2010)
10 Oct 2010, 2 p.m.
A short film in which young people express their hopes for a future without nuclear weapons and war, and UK policy makers and disarmament experts talk about what is being done internationally, followed by a speaker from ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons).