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Documentary Production and Distribution News
| ITVS Film The English Surgeon Nabs An Emmy at the 31st Annual News and Documentary Emmy� Awards By Staff posted Oct 12, 2010, 20:32 |
The Film Captures One Doctor's Commitment to Bring Hope to a Desperate People
San Francisco, (CA)—The Independent Television Service (ITVS) announced that The English Surgeon, by director Geoffrey Smith, has won an Emmy® in the Outstanding Science and Technology Programming category. An ITVS International production, this is the story of acclaimed British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh, who has traveled to Ukraine for 15 years to treat patients who have been left to die; of his friend and medical colleague in Kyiv who carries on the fight despite official hostility and archaic surgical conditions; and of a young patient who hopes that Henry can save his life. Tense, heartbreaking, and humorous, The English Surgeon is a depiction of one doctor's commitment to relieving suffering and the emotional turmoil he undergoes in bringing hope to a desperate people. The English Surgeon is an Eyeline Films and Bungalow Town production for BBC and ITVS International. The program aired on the P.O.V series in 2009.
“The English Surgeon is an exceptional film about an extraordinary man who is deeply committed to a people who have been forgotten. The film is breathtaking and inspiring, and it deserves such a prestigious honor,” said ITVS CEO and President Sally Jo Fifer.
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