Open Heart [Short]
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Eight Rwandan children leave their families behind to embark on a life-or-death journey seeking high-risk heart surgery in Sudan. Their hearts ravaged by a treatable disease from childhood strep throat, they have only months to live. Open Heart reveals the intertwined endeavors of Dr. Emmanuel, Rwanda’s lone government cardiologist, as he fights to save the lives of his young patients; and Italian Dr. Gino Strada, the Salam Center’s head surgeon, who must also fight to save his hospital, Africa’s only link to life-saving free cardiac surgery for the millions who need it.
This film was made with the support of The Sundance Institute, Skoll Foundation, and Tribeca Gucci Foundation. An HBO documentary film. In co-production with ARTE Germany and France.
