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Making the Crooked Straight
An American Doctor in Ethiopia
| Length: | 30 min |
| Released: | 2009 |
| Ages: |
High School College Adult |
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Making the Crooked Straight shares the story of one doctor's journey to save the world one child at a time.
Born in Long Island, New York, and education at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Rick Hodes has spent more than 20 years treating patients across Ethiopia. Many of his patients are stricken with tuberculosis of the spine, a disease that creates massive humps on the backs of its victims. Eventually, the condition forces sufferers into a permanent forward-facing posture, which in turn prevents their lungs from working properly, and if left untreated leads to death.
Driven by his devotion to Orthodox Judaism and its belief that “he who saves one life, saves an entire world,” Hodes provides patients with hospital care and arranges for complex overseas surgeries—often funding them himself—and has fostered 17 children, providing them with not only proper medical care but a home and an education.
Often compared with Albert Schweitzer and Mother Teresa, Hodes exemplifies the belief that the only way to change the world is to be the change.
Making the Crooked Straight shares the story of one doctor's journey to save the world one child at a time.
Born in Long Island, New York, and education at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Rick Hodes has spent more than 20 years treating patients across Ethiopia. Many of his patients are stricken with tuberculosis of the spine, a disease that creates massive humps on the backs of its victims. Eventually, the condition forces sufferers into a permanent forward-facing posture, which in turn prevents their lungs from working properly, and if left untreated leads to death.
Driven by his devotion to Orthodox Judaism and its belief that “he who saves one life, saves an entire world,” Hodes provides patients with hospital care and arranges for complex overseas surgeries—often funding them himself—and has fostered 17 children, providing them with not only proper medical care but a home and an education.
Often compared with Albert Schweitzer and Mother Teresa, Hodes exemplifies the belief that the only way to change the world is to be the change.
Best Foreign Documentary Award and Golden Jury Award winner, Abuja Film Festival, Nigeria
Select Screenings
Cleveland International Film Festival, 2009
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 2009
New York Jewish Film Festival, 2010
Los Angeles Jewish Flim Festival, 2009
San Diego Jewish Film Festival, 2009
Select Screenings
Cleveland International Film Festival, 2009
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 2009
New York Jewish Film Festival, 2010
Los Angeles Jewish Flim Festival, 2009
San Diego Jewish Film Festival, 2009
