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Oxygen is a Human Right
From "Solutions Inside Out," a short film from Hatibu Madudu x Build Health International
Steve and David work as traveling biomedical engineers to hospitals throughout the world to fix broken oxygen plants, ensuring that every patient has access to lifesaving medical oxygen medicine. This film is a product of the Solutions Storytelling Project.
Build Health International is a design-and-build nonprofit that delivers high-quality and dignified healthcare solutions in low-resource settings throughout the world. Founded after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, BHI’s first project was the design and construction of Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM), a 300-bed national teaching hospital. Since building HUM, BHI has worked on over 200 projects around the world. We partner with nonprofit organizations and local governments to provide architecture, engineering, and construction services that strengthen healthcare infrastructure and systems.
Hatibu Madudu is a social worker by profession and a filmmaker by ambition. His directorial and producing work has been screened in festivals throughout the continent of Africa and he's worked with a wide variety of media companies and brands, from Netflix and M-NET (Multichoice) to the BBC. He's currently working on his second feature.
We'll be sharing updates as this film makes its way into the world. In the meantime, please send it to someone who you think would be inspired by it. And leave a comment and a like on the video to support this organization's and filmmaker's work!
Director: Hatibu Madudu, Mkaiwawi Mwakaba
Producer: Hatibu Madudu
Cinematography: Chisomo Livason
Editor: Amina Languka, Mkaiwawi Mwakaba
Sound Recordist: Bonface Msunje
Drone Operator: Bonface Msunje
Sound Mix: Eric Musyoka, Decimal Records
Post Facility (Colour): Africa Post office
Colorist: Koome Mwirebua
Assistant Editor: Kelvin Kyalo
Featuring: Steven Mtewa, David Acolatse, Rosanna Niosi
Story Consultants: Rosanna Niosi, Devin Nagle, Sarah Sceery
Executive Producers: Sky Dylan-Robbins, Gabriel Diamond
Producers: Mungai Kiroga, Debra Aroko
Legal Services: Matthew T. Rogers, Esq.
Music provided by: Musicbed
Special thanks: Devin Nagle, Sarah Sceery, Build Health International Medical Oxygen Team, Partners in Hope Hospital (Malawi)
This film is a product of the Solutions Storytelling Project, a Skoll Foundation-supported initiative from the Video Consortium that connects regional filmmakers and social innovators in the Global South to produce solutions-focused short documentaries that catalyze positive change.
