THE FINAL INCH Shown with Smile Pinki
Directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky
United States, 38 Minutes
Documentary/Short
SAT APR 18, 4:45pm at the Grand Theater; SUN APR 19, 2:30pm
Filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky in attendance
Film Hosted by Rotary Clubs of Salem
This is an organization that provides volunteers to promote and assist at national immunization days in polio-endemic countries around the world.Director Irene Taylor Brodsky's profoundly moving documentary reveals how the polio virus still finds refuge in some of the world's most vulnerable places, 50 years after a vaccine for polio was developed in the United States. Brodsky's Oscar nominated film follows the massive, but highly personalized, mission to eradicate polio in India's impoverished neighborhoods. In the most marginalized Muslim enclaves, children are hidden from vaccinators out of fear of the American-made medicines; their frustrated communities hide others behind closed doors as a form of social protest. The final days of any endeavor can be the most challenging, as revealed in this dramatic testament to those working on the front lines of health care.
Filmography: Hear and Now (07)
Irene Taylor Brodsky (Director)
Irene is an Emmy award-winning producer, director, writer and cinematographer whose documentaries have shown theatrically, at film festivals and on television worldwide. Her first feature-length film, Hear and Now, premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Audience Award. The film went on to receive numerous Audience and Jury awards around the world. Irene’s passion for documentary portraiture began as a still photographer, with her landmark photography book, Buddhas in Disguise, about the lives of disabled people across the Himalayas. In addition to filmmaking, she has led more than 10 Himalayan expeditions and teaches photography and film. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, Matt, and her sons, Jonas and Cyrus.
