[aaus-list] Fwd: [SEELANGS] "The English Surgeon"

[Robert DeLossa]

FYI--rdl


>Date:         Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:37:34 -0400
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>From: Steve Marder <asred at COX.NET>
>Subject: [SEELANGS] "The English Surgeon"



>I would like to bring to your attention an extraordinary documentary titled
>"The English Surgeon," available for viewing online until October 8, 2009.
>The film can be appreciated on multiple levels. Here's the link:
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>http://video.pbs.org/video/1247097843/search/%20The%20English%20Surgeon
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>Synopsis:
>"What is it like to have power over life and death, and yet to struggle with
>your own humanity? This is the story of acclaimed British neurosurgeon Henry
>Marsh, who has traveled to Ukraine for 15 years to treat patients who have
>been left to die; of his friend and medical colleague in Kyiv who carries on
>the fight despite official hostility and archaic surgical conditions; and of
>a young patient who hopes that Henry can save his life. Tense, heartbreaking
>and humorous, The English Surgeon is a remarkable depiction of one doctor's
>commitment to relieving suffering and of the emotional turmoil he undergoes
>in bringing hope to a desperate people."
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>Full film description here:
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>http://www.pbs.org/pov/englishsurgeon/film_description.php
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>The film runs for 1 hour and 23 minutes.
>
>Warning to the squeamish: The documentary contains a scene showing
>open-cranium surgery during which a brain tumor is removed.
>