Reviews
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“Screened repeatedly all over the globe, talented local director Lisa Henry and her US-trained partner Shareen Anderson’s eight-part,haunting portrait of suffering humanity and courageous professionalism in a hopelessly under-resourced hospital…” – The Star
“For a directorial debut, Saving Soweto is an excellent piece of work by Henry and Anderson, a compilation of rare footage the likes of which has not been seen before.” – The Sunday Independent
“A dramatic documentary about the horrors of Soweto’s Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital has spurred overseas doctors to offer their assistance to the hospital.” – The Times
“This series of doccies proves that you don’t need bells and whistles and award-winning cinematography to capture an audience’s attention. All you need is good subject matter and a camera to roll and capture all the drama that happens in the course of any day.” –
News 24
“It is a cry to the government and all interested parties to give serious attention to the health system. Though the documentary focuses on the happenings at Bara, that hospital is only a microcosm of a national crisis in the greater health delivery system.” – Tonight
“A stab wound patient arrives at the hospital a full 10 hours after his injury occurred because the ambulance was tied up with other cases, and is told to find his own way to the x-ray department, a five-minute walk from the trauma unit. Patients often lose their way or simply disappear. ” – IOL
“In an eight-part documentary series, Al Jazeera news network is this week showing the world how ailing our health system is.” – Sowetan