NYU Skirball Center
566 La Guardia Pl.
Monday, December 14, $20, 7:30
212-352-3101
www.skirballcenter.nyu.edu
www.livinginemergency.com
www.ncm.com/fathom
Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders has teamed up with NCM Fathom to present a special one-night-only program at NYU’s Skirball Center that will be broadcast live via satellite across the country. The evening begins with a screening of the documentary LIVING IN EMERGENCY: STORIES OF DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS (Mark Hopkins, 2009), which tells the story of four volunteer doctors battling the odds in trying to bring free medical care to dangerous areas in Liberia and Democratic Republic of Congo. The documentary, which had its world premiere earlier this year at the Venice Film Festival, will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Sebastian Junger, Dr. Tom Krueger, Sophie Delaunay, and Dr. Chris Brasher, moderated by Elizabeth Vargas, talking about the many issues involved in the international health crisis. MSF, which has just returned to Afghanistan after five years, describes itself as “an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural or man-made disasters.” It should all make for quite a serious, important night; if you can’t get to the Skirball, the event will be broadcast at seventeen area theaters, including in Westchester, Long Island, the Bronx, New Jersey, and Queens.