Call for Help

Name: Call for Help
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Released: February 6, 2015
Duration: 87 min

2015

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Orchard, The | Release Date: February 6, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: In the aftermath of one of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, a group of young individuals form a guerrilla-style NGO (Global Disaster Immediate Response Team—Global DIRT) without substantial funding or a celebrity spokesperson. Resorting to an 'ends justify the means’ method to deliver relief, their snatch and grab approach fits well in theIn the aftermath of one of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, a group of young individuals form a guerrilla-style NGO (Global Disaster Immediate Response Team—Global DIRT) without substantial funding or a celebrity spokesperson. Resorting to an 'ends justify the means’ method to deliver relief, their snatch and grab approach fits well in the chaos of post-earthquake Haiti, and what started out as a group of self-proclaimed troublemakers quickly turns into key players in the rescue and rebuilding of Haiti—saving numerous lives, earning respect from the locals and gaining recognition from the largest organizations operating on the island.… Expand

Director: Lior Etziony and Michal Hanuka

Genre(s): Drama, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 87 min

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Nick Schager

Feb 3, 2015

Etziony and Hanuka's on-the-fly footage suggests that DIRT's desire to help in Haiti was noble, but that its success in making a difference was minimal at best — thus leaving the film feeling primarily like a critical snapshot of how dysfunctional Western humanitarians often use overseas crises for their own ends. Read full review

Matthew Dessem

Feb 3, 2015

It’s rich territory, and Etziony and Hanuka manage to make both the film’s action sequences and its interviews compelling and interesting. But Call For Help drags in its second half, particularly in an interlude back in the States that makes the same point over and over again. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Feb 5, 2015

If the point of Call for Help is to glorify a handful of off-the-grid heroes, it fails. If the point is to follow some young people who took their aimless wanderlust to a trouble spot and perhaps created more problems than they solved, it succeeds. Read full review

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