NFB Collection
A Time to Heal
198629 min 7 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Yvan Patry
Production: Sam GranaBarrie Howells
Script: Alain AmbrosiDanièle LacourseYvan Patry
Produced for the NFB by Alter-Ciné Inc., with the participation of OXFAM-Canada, War on Want (U.K.), and Development and Peace.
This film illustrates how people in Third World countries can mobilize their resources to care for those weakened by malnutrition and hunger, or those wounded in war--even in a situation where the enemy's war efforts are aimed at civilians. Through its focus on a barefoot Eritrean doctor, the film reveals how health-care services are being developed, despite the ongoing war with Ethiopia.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > AfricaAgriculture, Food and NutritionFamine, Drought and Other DisastersHealth and IllnessHealth in AfricaInternational Development and Service Agencies
- War, Conflict and Peace > AfricaCivil WarWar Victims
- Health and Medicine > Community Health ServicesDeveloping CountriesFood Issues and Nutrition
Credits
- director
- Yvan Patry
- producer
- Sam Grana
- executive producer
- Barrie Howells
- script
- Alain Ambrosi
- Danièle Lacourse
- Yvan Patry
- camera
- Rénald Bellemare
- sound
- Eddie Becker
- editing
- Danièle Lacourse
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- music
- Jean Corriveau