Living in Emergency (2009)

Stories about Doctors without Borders, LIE, is not available for rental at this time. It looks amazing -- and I will update this entry when more information is available. The film was recommended by Marcia Powdermaker.

Sons of Lwala (2009)

Marcia Powdermaker alerted us to this extraordinary documentary. Sons of Lwala is the story of Milton and Fred Ochieng’, two brothers from Kenya, whose village sent them to America to become doctors. After losing both parents to AIDS they are left with a heartbreaking task: to return home and finish the health clinic their father dreamed of starting before getting sick. Unable to raise enough money on their own, the brothers are joined by students, politicians, and a Christian rock band who launch a fund raising drive among young people across the United States. Sons of Lwala follows Milton and Fred on their incredible journey from Kenya, to Dartmouth, to Vanderbilt Medical School as they find a way, despite all odds, to open their village’s first hospital. (2009)

I bought the film from the website -- and it is well worth the $15. The story is similar to that described by Tracy Kidder in "Strength in What Remains."

Dead Poets Society (1989)

From NetFlix: "John Keating (Robin Williams) is an unconventional English teacher who lives by a simple motto: Seize the day! Neil Perry (Robert Sean Leonard) is a prep school student who dreams of being an actor but lives in fear of his imperious father, who wants to see him matriculated into Harvard's medical school. Can Keating -- and his infectious love of poetry -- inspire Neil to reach for his dreams? The screenplay won an Oscar." 1989 129 minutes

This movie has these memorable lines:
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. Medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

This is a fine movie. Well acted, deep, memorable.