Hunger Ward (2020)
On the frontlines of famine in Yemen.
Filmed from inside two of the most active therapeutic feeding centers in Yemen, HUNGER WARD documents two female health care workers fighting to thwart the spread of starvation against the backdrop of a forgotten war. The film provides an unflinching portrait of Dr. Aida Alsadeeq and Nurse Mekkia Mahdi as they try to save the lives of hunger-stricken children within a population on the brink of famine.
- Date of release
- 2020-11-11
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (21)
- Runtime
- 40m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Skye Fitzgerald
Casting
- Aida Alsadeeq — self
- Omeima Essa Salem Abdullah — self
- Mekkia Mahdi — self
- Abeer Otham Thaneb — self
Interesting facts
Hunger Ward is a 2020 American short documentary film directed by Skye Fitzgerald. It depicts the effects of the ongoing Yemeni famine on people, particularly children. It is the third film in Fitzgerald's "refugee trilogy", which also includes 50 Feet From Syria and Lifeboat.
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