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SUMMARY:MSF FESTIVAL August 28 to September 5\, 2014
DESCRIPTION:Alliance Française de Delhi and Médecins Sans\nFrontières.\n
 present\nMSF FESTIVAL\nAugust 28 to September 5\, 2014\n The highlight of
  the emergency medical humanitarian through photo exhibition and a film fe
 stival\n----------------------------------------\nWhile We Looked Away - A
  Photo Exhibition by Sami Siva\nAlliance Française de Delhi Gallery\, 72 
 Lodi Estate\, New Delhi\nAugust 28 – September 5 – 9AM to 8PM\n \nGue
 sts of honour include noted author and filmmaker Vijay Singh (http://www.v
 ijaysingh.net/bio.html)\, photographer Sami Siva (http://www.samisiva.com/
 bio.html)\, a DR-TB patient cured by MSF and Jean Philippe-Bottin\, Direct
 or\, Alliance Française de Delhi.\nWalk through a photo-art exhibition 
 “While We Looked Away” by Canadian photographer of Indian origin\, Sam
 i Siva documenting the daily lives of (MSF) patients in India and the cond
 itions in which they find themselves. These images showcase a compassionat
 e yet unflinching portrait of healthcare on the margins in a country where
  several realities coexist.\n----------------------------------------\nFil
 m Festival\nM.L Bhartia Auditorium – Alliance Française de Delhi\, 72 L
 odi Estate\, New Delhi\nAugust 29 – September 31\nExplore the hows and w
 hys of MSF’s long term work - emergency medical relief\, campaigns for t
 he access to essential medicine\, and upholding the organisation’s human
 itarian principles in the face of security risks. Screenings include the S
 undance film festival-nominated Fire in the Blood directed by Dylan Mohan 
 Gray and The Invisibles\, produced by Javier Bardem. The film screenings w
 ill be followed by a Q&amp\;A session with speakers from MSF and civil soc
 iety. \n PROGRAM\nFriday\, 29 Aug. - 7:00PM- 9PM - Access to the Danger 
 Zone\n\nDirected by Peter Casaer and narrated by Daniel Day-Lewis\, this d
 ocumentary provides a harrowing look at the challenges of delivering human
 itarian aid in armed conflicts. Access to the Danger Zone explores the str
 ategies that Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) use
 s to save lives in the world’s worst war zones\, including Afghanistan\,
  Somalia\, and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.\nSaturday\, 30 Aug.
  - 7.00PM - 9PM - The Invisibles\n\nProduced by Javier Bardem\, this f
 ilm with five stories\, The Invisibles is about those we do not want to 
 see\, but who end up appearing inside our fears and our unease\, among oth
 er things\, because they never stop existing. They are displaced people in
  Colombia\, child soldiers in Uganda\, and victims of Chagas disease\, Sle
 eping Sickness\, and sexual violence against civilians in the Democratic R
 epublic of Congo. All of these stories belong to some of the forgotten cri
 ses where MSF works permanently.\nSunday\, 31 Aug. - 5:00PM - 6:30PM - M
 SF (Un)Limited\n\nMoving accounts of atrocities and humanitarian crises si
 nce the founding of MSF in 1971 are told using original footage with comme
 ntary by MSF staff. Staff are shown wrestling with their consciences\, str
 uggling with emotional involvement and receiving threats to their personal
  security. MSF (Un)Limited is a story of the ongoing internal debate and s
 elf-questioning by MSF when faced with the limits of humanitarian action.\
 n Sunday\, 31 Aug. - 7:00PM  - 9:00PM - Fire in the Blood\n\nAn intricat
 e tale of 'medicine\, monopoly and malice'\, Fire in the Blood tells the s
 tory of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments aggressively 
 blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs for the countries of Africa and the
  global south in the years after 1996\, causing ten million or more unnece
 ssary deaths. Shot on four continents and including contributions from glo
 bal figures such as Bill Clinton\, Desmond Tutu and Joseph Stiglitz\, this
  is the never-before-told true story of the remarkable coalition which cam
 e together to stop 'the Crime of the Century' and save millions of lives i
 n the process.\n Free entry – Open to all\nFor more information\, pleas
 e write to culture@afdelhi.org / padma.priya@new-delhi.msf.org\n&nbsp\;
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