The Final Inch is an Academy Award-nominated short film about the effort to eradicate polio worldwide. The documentary, which was filmed in high-definition, is scheduled to air on HBO in 2009. With a running time of 38 minutes, The Final Inch was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Documentary Short, but the award went to Smile Pinki.
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When you haven't seen a disease for quite a while, which is the case in the industrialized countries, you forget about the terrible disease that it really is.—David Heymann, World Health OrganizationOfficial Google Blog: Final Inch Nominated...
This is a great day as more people will see that polio hasn't yet been eradicated, and is still a disease affecting the world's poor. This is a story needing to be told, and now more people will see the film.—Irene Taylor BrodskyOfficial Google Blog: Final Inch Nominated...
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Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom GrantOfficial Google Blog: 'The Final Inch'
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Produced in collaboration with Google.orgOfficial Google Blog: 'The Final Inch'
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Though largely eradicated, polio continues to afflict many children under the age of 3 in poorer countriesOfficial Google Blog: Final Inch Nominated...
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This is the first Academy Award nomination for producers Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom GrantAcademy Awards: Nominee 'The Final Inch'
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The 81st Annual Academy Awards will air on February 22, 2009Academy Awards: Nominee 'The Final Inch'
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