Bending The Arc

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Filmmakers: Kief Davidson, Pedro Kos
AFS Representative: Cori Shepherd Stern (Writer, Producer)

Runtime: 102 min

Dr. Paul Farmer, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, activist Ophelia Dahl, Todd McCormack, and investor Thomas White began a movement in the 1980s that changed global health forever. Bending the Arc tells their story.

About The Writer

Cori Shepherd Stern is an Academy Award nominated and Emmy winning film producer and social-change strategist with The Strongheart Group. Cori’s past projects include WARM BODIES, a box office smash for Lionsgate, and OPEN HEART, a 2013 Oscar Nominee. She has a first-look producing deal with Rocklin|Faust, producers of Oscar-winning Best Picture SPOTLIGHT. Cori has also executive produced two virtual reality films: COLLISIONS, which premiered at Davos and Sundance 2016 – and won the 2016 Emmy for Documentary Innovation; and FRANCIS, which premiered at the World Bank and WHO in support of global mental health.