Every Last Child

Name: Every Last Child
Genre: Documentary, News
Released: June 3, 2015
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 72

2015

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Zeitgeist Films | Release Date: June 3, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: Parents and health care workers are caught in the cross-hairs of violence and politics as they attempt to protect their children from Polio in Pakistan. Once on the brink of eradication, the disease has again become a global threat - with Pakistan at its epicenter. Will these everyday heroes succeed and end Polio in our lifetime, or willParents and health care workers are caught in the cross-hairs of violence and politics as they attempt to protect their children from Polio in Pakistan. Once on the brink of eradication, the disease has again become a global threat - with Pakistan at its epicenter. Will these everyday heroes succeed and end Polio in our lifetime, or will another young generation be at risk?… Expand

Director: Tom Roberts

Genre(s): Documentary, News

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 83 min

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Diana Clarke

Jun 4, 2015

This film is a wakeup call in the best sense: urgent, clear, understated. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Jun 4, 2015

Provocative and hard-hitting, Every Last Child is a chilling reminder that even diseases once thought eradicated are still capable of rearing their ugly heads as a result of ignorance and prejudice. Read full review

Stephanie Merry

Jun 18, 2015

What’s true in Pakistan turns out to be universal: Misconceptions can prove as dangerous as any disease and are even harder to eradicate. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Jun 4, 2015

Impressive though the results of the WHO’s campaign to eradicate polio may be, it is Zaidi’s lensing of the streets, waterways and people of Pakistan that lingers in the mind. Read full review

Andrew Lapin

Jun 22, 2015

A prime example of how to deliver a film on an urgent topic that doesn’t feel like medicine. Read full review

Martin Tsai

Jun 11, 2015

The film couldn't be more timely and germane for the American audience. If it weren't a documentary, it would seem like a post-apocalyptic allegory of our own vaccination debate. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Jun 3, 2015

Mostly, though, there’s hopefulness here, and determination to win a fight worth fighting. Read full review

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