"The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world." Paul Farmer, the renowned Harvard physician and medical anthropologist, died this week at age 62. While the world mourns the loss of this towering figure in global health, it recollects his incandescent legacy of profound solidarity, fierce commitment and catalytic friendships across borders in delivering high-quality health care to some of the most devastated regions of the world. This trailer for the 2017 film, "Bending the Arc," gives a glimpse of the the work of Farmer and a fledgling group of unstoppable health advocates taking on a seemingly impossible mission: global health equity, and the birth of a revolutionary organization, Partners In Health.  

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  • Diane

    With compassion and love anything is possible.

  • Susan

    The open and active hearts of certain men brought about the impossible out of the despair and cynicism of the times and places they found themselves in. Viva la heart! Viva la doing what seems impossible for the love of other suffering humans,

  • Aliya

    Humanity, the best of! So many people suffer because their story doesn't relate to us, particular here in America. Until WE learn that WE should be that EXAMPLE of EQUALITY, LOVE, CARE and COMPASSION for ALL LIVING THINGS we will continue to suffer. Thank You Dr. Farmer for your LOVE!

  • Joyce

    That there are people who care and then do whatever they can to ensure that caring occurs for everyone. Such devotion, such caring in this man and his colleagues. I'm grateful to have been able to see that changes have occurred and will continue. Thank you for sharing this film.

  • Kathy Milstead

    We are the change. How wonderful that Dr. Paul and his team stepped up to make a change. We have let the darkness control us for too long. It is over! He will never be forgotten!

  • Donna H

    Paul's belief in human dignity that saved those people that others had already believed to be not worth saving.

  • Anbazhagan S.V.

    The quote, by Paul Farmer.

  • Kristin Pedemonti

    thank you for reminding us of Paul's lasting legacy. May his work live on through all those he touched

  • Cathryn Kasper

    Many years ago in an airport I picked up a copy of Mountains Beyond Mountains", thinking it would be a travelogue. It changed the way I looked at the world forever. Paul Farmer was one of the brightest lights of our time. Thank you for this memorial!

  • peace w baxter

    I have supported PIH for years..seeing this brief trailer reminds me to give again...and again. It is a group of people who passionately care for those who have so little help. Paul Farmer's story is compelling and ongoing. He blesses all who he ministers to.

  • Sr Marilyn Lacey

    Everything! One person with a vision CAN improve lives around the world...

  • Francine

    Paul's passion for helping the poor is boundless. An amazing person!

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  • Read about the life and work of Paul Farmer.
  • Learn more about Partners In Health, a community health model that has saved millions of lives. Its approach, and the intrepid team that envisioned it, have transformed global health.
  • "It's about hope, and rejecting despair and cynicism." How can you absorb this message in thinking about a seemingly insurmountable problem in your life?

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