| The Final Inch | |
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| Directed by | Irene Taylor Brodsky |
| Produced by | Irene Taylor Brodsky Tom Grant |
| Starring | Mohammad Gulzar Saifi |
| Cinematography | Jeff Streich Irene Taylor Brodsky |
| Edited by | Bill Weber |
| Music by | Joe Janiga Courtney Von Drehle |
Production company | Vermilion Films |
| Distributed by | Home Box Office |
Release date |
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Running time | 38 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Urdu Hindi |
The Final Inch is a short documentary about the effort to eradicate polio. It was directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky and focuses on health workers on the front lines of the fight to eliminate the disease.[1] It was filmed on location in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India and received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 81st Academy Awards.[2][3][4][5][6]
The film debuted on HBO on April 1, 2009.[7] The Final Inch is the first film project of Google.org,[8] the philanthropic division of Google.[9][10]
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- ^ White, Thomas (15 February 2009). "Meet the Academy Award Nominees: Irene Taylor Brodsky--'The Final Inch'". International Documentary Association. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
- ^ "2009 Oscar Winners List". MTV. Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
- ^ "81st Annual Academy Awards - Nominations". Oscar.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
- ^ "Oscar nominated films Slumdog & The Final Inch raise Polio awareness". Business of Cinema. February 16, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
- ^ Mesh, Aaron (March 18, 2009). "POW! Down goes polio". Willamette Week. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
- ^ "Documentary on polio debuts on HBO 1 April". Rotary International/The Rotary Foundation. March 31, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-04-18. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
- ^ Niles, Chris (April 3, 2009). "Window closing on chance to push polio 'The Final Inch' towards eradication". UNICEF. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
- ^ "The Final Inch". HBO Documentary Films. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
- ^ Vincent, Glyn. "Sound Stages". Columbia Magazine (Winter 2007-08): paragraph 13. Retrieved May 27, 2009.