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Triage: Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma
2007
1 h 28 min
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In this vérité feature documentary, we travel with Dr. James Orbinski from Toronto where he is a father, doctor and teacher, back to Africa where he spent years as a field doctor, as he embarks on writing a personal and controversial book about his humanitarian experiences. Dr. Orbinski accepted the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) as their President, and was a field doctor during the Somali famine and the Rwandan genocide, among other catastrophes. In this film, and through his personal perspective, we look at the act of triage. Racing against time with limited …
This work deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.
In this vérité feature documentary, we travel with Dr. James Orbinski from Toronto where he is a father, doctor and teacher, back to Africa where he spent years as a field doctor, as he embarks on writing a personal and controversial book about his humanitarian experiences. Dr. Orbinski accepted the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) as their President, and was a field doctor during the Somali famine and the Rwandan genocide, among other catastrophes. In this film, and through his personal perspective, we look at the act of triage. Racing against time with limited resources, relief workers make split-second decisions: who gets treatment; who gets food; who lives; who dies. By the creative team behind the award-winning documentary Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire.
This work deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.
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directorPatrick Reed
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producerPeter RaymontSilva Basmajian
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editorMichèle Hozer
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photographyJohn Westheuser
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sound recordingAo Loo
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executive producerSilva Basmajian
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musicMark Korven
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production supervisorJanice Dawe
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production managerNorma Mendoza
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production coordinatorNida MarjiLaura BlaneyMichelle LatimerJulia BennettAnita CorsiniBrenda DarlingAnousheh ShowlehMichale RaskeLee Walker
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researcherMichelle Latimer
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additional photographyWalter Corbett
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additional sound recordingPeter SawadeIan Challis
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fixerMoise GatambiSolange NyamulisaWills Samati
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interpreterMoise GatambiSolange NyamulisaWills Samati
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translatorJean-Thierry NkulikiyumukizaHareda Bolis
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assistant editorPhilip Wilson
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graphicsPhilip Wilson
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sound supervisorRussell Walker
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sound editorJakob ThiesenSteve Payne
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re-recording mixerIan RodnessSteve Payne
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post-production supervisorPaula Talesnik
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stills photographerSteve Simon
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production accountantCandis Buder
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online editorMichèle Hozer
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archival researchPatrick Reed
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legal affairsMartyn Krys
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business affairsDel MehesNida Marji
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additional musicK'naanThe Mighty Popo
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post-production facilityKitchen Sync Digital AudioThe Cutting Factory
Ages 16 to 17
School subjects
Humanitarian workers must sometimes work with the enemy to succeed in helping people—for example, in situations where food would be diverted otherwise, and people would die from lack of care. Some organizations, however, refuse to collaborate with perpetrators of genocide. What would you do? Write an op-ed piece, suitable for publication in a major daily newspaper, justifying your decision to work with (or refusal to work with) perpetrators of genocide to help a population.