Event

Screening of Oscar Nominee Hunger Ward

Cover photo with portrait of skinny child in hospital.
Spin Film

The Nobel Peace Center is proud to partner with MTV Documentary Films in a screening of the Oscar nominated documentary film Hunger Ward.

Time: 9 Apr 2021 17:00 - 18:30
Place: Digital

Filmed within a sensitive conflict-zone in Yemen, HUNGER WARD documents two health care workers fighting to thwart the spread of starvation against the backdrop of a forgotten war.

The screening of the film (40 mins) will be followed by a discussion between David Beasley, Head of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize laureate United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and two-time Academy Award nominated filmmaker Skye Fitzgerald.

Introduction by Kjersti Fløgstad, Director of the Nobel Peace Center.

“A beautiful and moving film” – Mark Ruffalo
“Unparalleled in its intimacy” – Jane Ferguson, PBS NewshourFriday,

Free RSVP at: https://gathr.us/screening/31773

Hunger Ward will also be shown as a part of the Nobel Peace Prize Exhbition 2020 at the Nobel Peace Center, when the museum re-opens. Thanks to Human International Documentary Film Festival

Read more about the crisis in Yemen and the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Exhibition on our website: https://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/news/yemen-road-of-glory

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