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H5N1 · Killer Flu
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
The next global human flu epidemic may begin with a sick duck in Vietnam's Mekong River Delta, now the epicenter of a deadly bird flu outbreak. The World Health Organization estimates that the H5N1 virus -- which already has jumped species from birds to humans -- could kill tens of millions of people worldwide. WIDE ANGLE travels to Vietnam to investigate the threat of a global pandemic, portraying Vietnam's response to outbreaks in its cities, provinces and villages, where doctors, epidemiologists and veterinarians are battling the virus. As the government tries to contain the disease and educate its people, there is growing evidence that the virus is evolving and already may have begun to spread via human-to-human contact for the first time, dramatically increasing the risk of a worldwide catastrophe.
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Producer Micah Fink, an award-winning journalist, has been involved with the development and production of documentary programming for THIRTEEN/WNET, PBS's FRONTLINE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TELEVISION, and ABC NEWS. His recent work includes field producing for the ABC NEWS series HOPKINS 24/7; original story development and reporting for FRONTLINE's "Lost Children of Rockdale County" (Peabody Award); and associate producing for the PBS series FRONTIER HOUSE, FRONTLINE's "Jefferson's Blood," and 20/20's INSIDE SCIENTOLOGY. For WIDE ANGLE he produced "Young, Muslim and French" in 2004 and in 2003 the award-winning "AIDS Warriors" in Angola.
Director Steven Silver's THE LAST JUST MAN, the story of General Romeo Dallaire, the UN force commander during the Rwandan genocide of 1994, has won more than a dozen awards including the Audience Award at both the Double Take and Hot Docs film festivals, and the Gold Plaque at the Chicago International Television Competition. In 2002, Silver directed WIDE ANGLE's "The Soul of India" about Muslim-Hindu conflict in the Indian state of Gujarat. He is writing and directing an original dramatic feature film based on the book THE BANG BANG CLUB for Toronto's Barna Alper Productions.
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