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Films – Health

Realising Rights: Changing Lives – Part I and Part II
Producer: Sight Savers
A two-part film that uses the example of Babul, a blind boy supported to attend a mainstream public school to examine the impact of realizing the right to health. Includes accompanying lesson plans for the film and on the right to health.
Time: 19 minutes
Grade Level: middle school – adult


Rx for Survival – A Global Health Challenge
Producer: PBS
A series of videos about global health. Program 5 “Back to Basics” makes the connection between health and the enjoyment of human rights. Accompanying lesson plans available.
Time: 6 2-hour programs
Grade Level: middle school – adult


Sick around the World
Producer: Frontline, Source: PBS, 2005
Compares health care systems in five capitalist democracies with the USA.
Accompanying lesson plans available.
Time: 50 minutes
Grade Level: high school – adult


Sicko
Producer: Michael Moore, Source: Dog Eat Dog Film, 2007
Sicko is a straight-from-the-heart portrait of the crazy and sometimes cruel U.S. health care system, told from the vantage of everyday people faced with extraordinary and bizarre challenges in their quest for basic health coverage. In the tradition of Mark Twain or Will Rogers, ‘SiCKO’ uses humor to tell these compelling stories, leading the audience to conclude that an alternative system is the only possible answer. Lesson plans available from the Advocates for Human Rights, Teacher Pay Teachers, Warm-up and Follow-ups, and here.
Time: 123 minutes
Grade Level: high school – adult

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