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''The Final Inch'' is a short documentary about the effort to eradicate polio. It was directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky and focuses on health workers who are on the front lines of the fight to eliminate the disease. It was filmed on location in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India, and received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 81st Academy Awards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2009 Oscar Winners List )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=81st Annual Academy Awards - Nominations ) 〕 The film debuted on HBO on April 1, 2009. ''The Final Inch'' is the first film project of Google.org, the philanthropic division of Google.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Final Inch )〕 ==Background== ''The Final Inch'' focuses on the ongoing efforts to eradicate polio in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.〔〔 The corollary goal of eradicating of worldwide polio has attracted attention, but "getting rid of the last 1 percent has been like trying to squeeze Jell-O to death."〔McNeil, Donald. (In Battle Against Polio, a Call for a Final Salvo." ) ''New York Times.'' February 1, 2011; excerpt, "... getting rid of the last 1 percent has been like trying to squeeze Jell-O to death. As the vaccination fist closes in one country, the virus bursts out in another .... The () effort has now cost $9 billion, and each year consumes another $1 billion."〕 The philanthropic division of Google backed the film's production to promote public awareness about polio and to raise awareness about the efforts of public health workers and volunteers fighting the disease in counties around the world.〔 They approached Brodsky about making the film and she accepted the task of educating the public to the ongoing problem.〔 Many of the movie's scenes were shot in slum areas of India and Pakistan during "National Immunization Day" in April 2007.〔 Brodsky wanted to include more comprehensive coverage of the polio problem in Afghanistan, but was unable to do so due to the threat of violence and because of social barriers.〔〔 The production's ability to film in Afghanistan was hampered by increased danger to the film crew.〔〔 Producer Tom Grant had to wear a bulletproof vest while filming along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border even while under constant U.N. protection. The crew was often denied access to homes because of familial protocols that forbid a man entering a home with women in it when no husband is present.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Final Inch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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