Event details
Apr
21
Frontline Voices: Creative Storytelling as a Tool Towards Health Equity
Join us for a screening of Creative Resolve, a new documentary co-funded by LISD exploring how imagination, collaboration, and innovation can overcome the world’s most pressing public health challenges.
From the eradication of smallpox during the Cold War to Rwanda’s AIDS response and the global mobilization against COVID-19, the film showcases how solidarity and creativity have repeatedly driven breakthroughs in human development and health equity. Filmed largely at Princeton during a LISD conference, the documentary features public health officials, activists, economists, and researchers calling for a new era of cooperative willpower to tackle future crises. Creative Resolve invites audiences to consider how structural changes and shared global commitment can prepare us for the next pandemic and beyond.
Following the screening, a student-led discussion will be moderated by Brian Mhando ‘26, whose research examines the experiences of female healthcare workers during the HIV epidemic in Uganda. Drawing on oral histories, the project highlights the critical yet often overlooked role women played on the frontlines of healthcare: navigating stigma, resource constraints, and gendered burdens while delivering care. The post-screening conversation invites reflection on how oral histories can inform equitable global health responses today.
From the eradication of smallpox during the Cold War to Rwanda’s AIDS response and the global mobilization against COVID-19, the film showcases how solidarity and creativity have repeatedly driven breakthroughs in human development and health equity. Filmed largely at Princeton during a LISD conference, the documentary features public health officials, activists, economists, and researchers calling for a new era of cooperative willpower to tackle future crises. Creative Resolve invites audiences to consider how structural changes and shared global commitment can prepare us for the next pandemic and beyond.
Following the screening, a student-led discussion will be moderated by Brian Mhando ‘26, whose research examines the experiences of female healthcare workers during the HIV epidemic in Uganda. Drawing on oral histories, the project highlights the critical yet often overlooked role women played on the frontlines of healthcare: navigating stigma, resource constraints, and gendered burdens while delivering care. The post-screening conversation invites reflection on how oral histories can inform equitable global health responses today.
Speakers
Barbara Buckinx
Brian Mhando ’26
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