“The Good Virus is the most important documentary film I have seen in years.”
Karl Drlica, Prof. of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University
New from Bullfrog Films, The Good Virus explores the global efforts of leading scientists combatting one of the most pressing health challenges of our time: the urgent issue of antimicrobial-resistant infections (AMR).
AMR is already killing millions each year. Antibiotics are failing. What will we do when 10 million people are projected to die every year due to bacterial infections? The global medical community is out of solutions for antibiotic-resistant superbugs, and is turning to bacteria’s ancient enemy: bacteriophages. Scientists from all over the world are discovering phage therapy—”the good virus”—that destroys superbugs while leaving “good” bacteria unharmed.
The Good Virus travels the world to meet the heroes who are fighting to bring phages to our hospitals and pharmacies. Filmmaker Rosie Dransfeld was granted unprecedented access to this revolutionary treatment that could save us all. In its One Health approach, the film explores using phages to combat deadly bacteria in the environment, animals, and humans, and to create an equal healthcare system that gives low-income countries independence from Big Pharma.
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