Directed by Peter Casaer and narrated by Daniel Day-Lewis, this documentary provides a harrowing look at the challenges of delivering humanitarian aid in armed conflicts. “Access to the Danger Zone” explores the strategies that Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) uses to save lives in the world’s worst war zones, including Afghanistan, Somalia and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Interviews with key experts from MSF, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations are accompanied by dramatic footage shot in the these countries in 2011 and 2012.

More information on the topics covered in the film:

• Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed: The MSF Experience
• Special Report: Assisting the Somali Population Affected by the Humanitarian Crisis of 2011
• Dadaab Briefing Paper: Back to Square One
• Afghanistan: A Return to Humanitarian Action
• Learning lessons from field surveys in humanitarian contexts: a case study of field surveys conducted in North Kivu, DRC 2006-2008 
• Research in complex humanitarian emergencies: The Médecins Sans Frontières/Epicentre experience

EVENT REGISTRATION

Join us at an upcoming screening - details for Calgary and Vancouver to be released soon.

ACCESS TO THE DANGER ZONE

TORONTO
Thursday 18 April 2013, 7:00pm
Scotiabank Theater

MONTREAL
Thursday 30 May 2013, 7:00pm
Cinema Beaubien

OTTAWA
Thursday 13 June, 6.30pm
Mayfair Theater

CALGARY
Details to come

VANCOUVER
Details to come