7.5

Hunger Ward

Name: Hunger Ward
Director: Skye Fitzgerald
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-11-11T00:00:00.000000Z
Duration: 40 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Aida Alsadeeq, Omeima Essa Salem Abdullah, Mekkia Mahdi, Abeer Otham Thaneb

“On the frontlines of famine in Yemen.”

202040m

Documentary

Overview

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.