$1 for a life
FIPA 2010
Le Monde: “Exemplary!
Télérama: "Dazzling photography, very well-written and involved commentary, chronicle of an attempt to change a situation made of cynicism or indifference."
TéléObs "This documentary tells us an exemplary human adventure, the superb images of Frédéric Laffont retrace the story of a utopia realized."
L'Humanité Dimanche: "Very well written, this film by Frédéric Laffont accurately shows the scale of the disaster"
English version:
$1 FOR A LIFE
Edited by Emmanuelle Pencalet
Duration: 1h27'
© Interscoop, Cinétévé, Arte, 2010
This story brings together the richest man on the planet and the poorest among us.
The challenge: saving millions of human lives.
Malaria, tuberculosis, sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, visceral leishmaniasis…
These diseases affect one in six people on the planet, or one billion people.
How many millions of people still die from it each year? We don't know.
We don't know how to count those who don't count.
$1 for a Life tells the story of the struggle of researchers, doctors, pharmaceutical companies, and ordinary people who, like the DNDi Foundation, decided to join forces and develop drugs for neglected diseases. What seemed impossible yesterday has become reality: new treatments are emerging.
Long neglected by the pharmaceutical industry, the poorest can have access to the best
of science. For $1 a treatment…