Sustained Outrage addresses the existential crisis faced by local news outlets across the U.S. as it tracks the Pulitzer Prize-winning, family-owned Charleston Gazette-Mail's fight for survival.
Hunger Ward: The last hope against starvation and war. *SDFF 2021 Jury Award Nominee - Best Short!*
Filmmaker Q+A: Hunger Ward filmmaker Skye Fitzgerald.
(click on titles in column to the right to see individual film details below)
Follow the issues raised by Sustained Outrage, check out the companion discussion Local Journalism On The Brink with UC Berkeley's Christine Shiavo and Pulitzer Prize winner Eric Eyre.
*Jury Awards are decided by a Jury of filmmakers, scholars, programmers, etc. However, all films are up for Audience Awards, so remember to rate the films you watch!
Filmed inside two of the most active therapeutic feeding centers in conflict-ridden Yemen, Hunger Ward documents two women fighting to thwart the spread of starvation against the backdrop of a forgotten war. The film provides unflinching portraits of Dr. Aida Alsadeeq and Nurse Mekkia Mahdi as they work to save the lives of hunger-stricken children within a population on the brink of famine. With unprecedented access within a sensitive conflict-zone, Hunger Ward reveals the bravery of deeply committed doctors working in the middle of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
The film program is accompanied by an SDFF exclusive Q+A between director Skye Fitzgerald and SDFF co-director and lead programmer Jean McGlothlin.
SDFF 2021 Jury Award Nominee - Best Short!*
Awards l Academy Award Best Documentary Short Subject Nominee l Social Impact Media Awards 2021 Short Documentary Winner Best Director & Best Editing l 5th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominee l DOCNYC 2021 Short List l 2021
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*Jury Awards are decided by a Jury of filmmakers, scholars, programmers, etc. However, all films are up for Audience Awards, so remember to rate the films you watch!
- Year2021
- Runtime39 mins
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorSkye Fitzgerald
- ScreenwriterVulcan Productions, Ryot Films, Spin Film
- Executive ProducerJody Allen, Ruth Johnston, Matt Milios, Jannat Gargi, Hayley Pappas, Matt Ippolito
- FilmmakerSkye Fitzgerald
- CastAida Alsadeeq, Mekkia Mahdi
- ComposerWilliam Campbell
Sustained Outrage addresses the existential crisis faced by local news outlets across the U.S. as it tracks the Pulitzer Prize-winning, family-owned Charleston Gazette-Mail's fight for survival.
Hunger Ward: The last hope against starvation and war. *SDFF 2021 Jury Award Nominee - Best Short!*
Filmmaker Q+A: Hunger Ward filmmaker Skye Fitzgerald.
(click on titles in column to the right to see individual film details below)
Follow the issues raised by Sustained Outrage, check out the companion discussion Local Journalism On The Brink with UC Berkeley's Christine Shiavo and Pulitzer Prize winner Eric Eyre.
*Jury Awards are decided by a Jury of filmmakers, scholars, programmers, etc. However, all films are up for Audience Awards, so remember to rate the films you watch!
Filmed inside two of the most active therapeutic feeding centers in conflict-ridden Yemen, Hunger Ward documents two women fighting to thwart the spread of starvation against the backdrop of a forgotten war. The film provides unflinching portraits of Dr. Aida Alsadeeq and Nurse Mekkia Mahdi as they work to save the lives of hunger-stricken children within a population on the brink of famine. With unprecedented access within a sensitive conflict-zone, Hunger Ward reveals the bravery of deeply committed doctors working in the middle of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
The film program is accompanied by an SDFF exclusive Q+A between director Skye Fitzgerald and SDFF co-director and lead programmer Jean McGlothlin.
SDFF 2021 Jury Award Nominee - Best Short!*
Awards l Academy Award Best Documentary Short Subject Nominee l Social Impact Media Awards 2021 Short Documentary Winner Best Director & Best Editing l 5th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominee l DOCNYC 2021 Short List l 2021
find + follow film l website l facebook l instagram l twitter
*Jury Awards are decided by a Jury of filmmakers, scholars, programmers, etc. However, all films are up for Audience Awards, so remember to rate the films you watch!
- Year2021
- Runtime39 mins
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorSkye Fitzgerald
- ScreenwriterVulcan Productions, Ryot Films, Spin Film
- Executive ProducerJody Allen, Ruth Johnston, Matt Milios, Jannat Gargi, Hayley Pappas, Matt Ippolito
- FilmmakerSkye Fitzgerald
- CastAida Alsadeeq, Mekkia Mahdi
- ComposerWilliam Campbell