Resistance Fighters Explained

Country:Germany
Network:Arte
Runtime:99 minutes
Cinematography:Johannes Imdahl, Sven Kiesche
Editor:Michael Scheffold
Producer:Leopold Hoesch
Language:German, English
Music:Andreas Lucas
Director:Michael Wech
Genre:Documentary
Image Upright:1.0

Resistance Fighters – The Global Antibiotics Crisis (German: Resistance Fighters – Die globale Antibiotika-Krise) is a documentary film by the German director Michael Wech and producer Leopold Hoesch. It was broadcast on Arte on March 12, 2019 and had its international festival premiere at the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival (CPH:DOX) on March 24, 2019.[1] [2]

Content

The film deals with the phenomenon of antibiotic resistance spreading worldwide and the associated consequences for human cohabitation. The starting point of the documentary film is the United Nations General Assembly in September 2016 in New York, where the problem of the worldwide growing resistance to antibiotics was a central theme. In the course of the film, various experts in the field are brought up for discussion: Scientists, including Timothy Walsh of Cardiff University, one of the world's leading microbiologists on antibiotic resistance, who are looking for the causes of the spread of resistance and alternatives to antibiotics, politicians, such as the British economist and financial expert Jim O'Neill, appointed in 2014 by the then Prime Minister David Cameron as the British government's special envoy for antibiotic resistance, who want to draw public attention to the problem and also focus on the economic dimension of the increasing antibiotic resistance, as well as patients and their doctors who fight against infections with multi-resistant germs in hospitals. The use of antibiotics in animal feed plays a central role in the film. It also discusses the discovery of the first antibiotic penicillin by Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming and the rise of antibiotics to become a globally used remedy. The film was shot in the United States, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Germany.

Production and distribution

The film is a co-production of Broadview Pictures and ZDF and was produced in cooperation with Arte. It was funded by the Hessische Filmförderung and the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW.

The film is distributed since February 2019 by the documentary film distributor Dogwoof.[3]

Festivals and awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ARTE TV: Resistance Fighters Die globale Antibiotika-Krise. Frankfurt Live. Helmut. Poppe. 20 March 2019. 16 July 2020.
  2. Web site: CPH:DOX Lineup. Dogwoof Sales. 16 July 2020.
  3. Web site: New acquisition: Resistance Fighters. Dogwoof Sales. 21 February 2019 . en-GB. 2020-03-04.
  4. Web site: German Films: Selected International Film Festivals. www.german-films.de. 2020-03-04.
  5. Web site: Programm Silbersalz Festival. www.silbersalz-festival.com. 2020-03-04.
  6. Web site: Find Upcoming Events AMR. Resistance Fighter. en. 2020-03-04.
  7. Web site: VIFF announces 2019 People's Choice, Impact and Eco Warrior Award Winners. archive.viff.org. 2020-03-04. 2019-10-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20191017160427/https://archive.viff.org/e-blasts/viff/2019/media/15_VIFF2019ClosingAwards_MR.html. dead.
  8. Web site: UNAFF 2019: Films: Resistance Fighters. www.unaff.org. 2020-03-04.
  9. Web site: Antibiotiques, la fin d'un miracle / Resistance Fighters Festival Pariscience. Festival Pariscicence. fr-FR. 2020-03-04.
  10. Web site: Palmarès 2019 Festival Pariscience. Festival Pariscicence. fr-FR. 2020-03-04.
  11. Web site: Screening Schedule 2020 DHAKA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. en-US. 2020-03-04. 2020-01-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20200112173447/http://www.dhakafilmfestival.org/screening-schedule-2020/. dead.
  12. Web site: Serving documentary filmmakers IMPACTING the world. Globa347_wp. en-US. 2020-03-04.
  13. Web site: Dutch Global Health Film Festival. Dutch Global Health Film Festival. en. 2020-03-04.
  14. Web site: Resistance Fighters. Sedona International Film Festival. en. 2020-03-04.
  15. Web site: COMPETITION 2020. AFO. AFO. en-GB. 2020-03-04.
  16. Web site: ГЛАВНАЯ. 2020-07-03. kievfestival.info.