Introduction to Media Writing, Maryville University

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

The Final Inch by Irene Taylor Brodsky.
This Documentary follows the lives of a few different people, in different parts of the world who have all had different experiences with polio. The main focus is on the widespread of the disease in certain cities in India, and the foot soldiers going around trying to bring the vaccine to the children of these cities.

It also gives some insight to the disease and how it has affected America and interviews a couple of the people that lived through the disease.
One woman has survived in an Iron Lung for the last 60 years. She explains how it's not a great life to live and how she would speak to anyone who didn't want the vaccination and convince them to get it.



The other American man is paralyzed from the waist down and is riding a hand-bike over 900 miles across the state of Texas to promote Polio awareness.


The entire story is fascinating about how prejudice the Indian people are toward the vaccine because it's possibility of being invented by Americans. It brings about a lot of controversy but does a great job and promoting awareness for the disease and those who are trying to help contain it. It's a truly sad but absolutely beautiful story. I really would reccomend it to anyone who cares about things like this, as I do.

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