WORK IN PROGRESS SCREENING
WORK IN PROGRESS: FLYING ON ONE ENGINE
Young Boston University Graduate shows preview of his new documentary and talks about the trials and tribulations of being a first time filmmaker
Thursday, September 27, 2007
7 p.m.
Boston University Communication School
Room B-05
640 Commonwealth Ave.
Free and Open to the all.
- ABOUT THE FILM
A cinéma vérité, character-driven film FLYING ON ONE ENGINE captures the drama of a severely disabled man putting his own life on the line as he donates his surgical skills to the cause of alleviating suffering among India’s poor. The film highlights the problems of birth defects in rural India, while telling the dramatic story of one man’s extraordinary hands-on humanitarian efforts. Emphasizing Dr Dicksheet’s frailty, his surgical brilliance, and how his surgeries spectacularly transform the lives of his patients, this film juxtaposes the godlike status of its surgeon-hero with the desperation of the rural Indian community he serves. An Indian native who has lived most of his adult life in the United States, Dr. Dicksheet is revered in India but lives a hermit-like existence in the US. The film follows Dr Dicksheet as he travels to India to perform an intensive plastic surgery clinic while struggling with his own life threatening health problems.
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Joshua Z Weinstein
Posted on September 18th, 2007 in General |