Bending the Arc–Towards Justice and the Right to Health
Bending the Arc is the 2017 Netflix documentary of the renowned public health advocate and physician, Paul Farmer. We see, first hand, Farmer taking on the medical establishment in his fierce and heroic fight to treat poor people suffering from curable but deadly diseases. Known as “the man who could cure the world, ” according to the Pulitzer-prize winning author, Tracy Kidder in his biography of Farmer, “Mountains Beyond Mountains.” Bending the Arc can be considered the visual companion to Kidder’s moving homage to Dr. Farmer.
Dr. Farmer began...