The Final Inch

The Final Inch
Publicity poster
Directed byIrene Taylor Brodsky
Produced byIrene Taylor Brodsky
Tom Grant
StarringMohammad Gulzar Saifi
CinematographyJeff Streich
Irene Taylor Brodsky
Edited byBill Weber
Music byJoe Janiga
Courtney Von Drehle
Production
company
Vermilion Films
Distributed byHome Box Office
Release date
  • April 1, 2009 (2009-04-01)
Running time
38 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
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]

  1. ^ Yates, Kara (February 20, 2009). "Polio makes its 'Final Inch' toward global eradication". CNN. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
  2. ^ White, Thomas (15 February 2009). "Meet the Academy Award Nominees: Irene Taylor Brodsky--'The Final Inch'". International Documentary Association. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
  3. ^ "2009 Oscar Winners List". MTV. Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
  4. ^ "81st Annual Academy Awards - Nominations". Oscar.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Mesh, Aaron (March 18, 2009). "POW! Down goes polio". Willamette Week. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ Niles, Chris (April 3, 2009). "Window closing on chance to push polio 'The Final Inch' towards eradication". UNICEF. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
  9. ^ "The Final Inch". HBO Documentary Films. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
  10. ^ Vincent, Glyn. "Sound Stages". Columbia Magazine (Winter 2007-08): paragraph 13. Retrieved May 27, 2009.