The survivor’s spirit

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v14i2.2013

Keywords:

Documentary, Sistema Único de Saúde, National Health Service (NHS), Health Care Reform, Social welfare.

Abstract

In 2018, the SUS – Sistema Unifiado de Saúde (Unifid Health System) celebrated the 30th anniversary of its setting up in Brazil. Despite its many achievements in these three decades, nowadays SUS faces new challenges which were imposed by a liberal and conservative agenda ongoing in the country. In this context, the documentary The Spirit of ‘45 (2013), directed by Ken Loach, which highlights the creation of the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom, is a very important fim. Addressing citizenship and the common good as major themes, the movie shows how it is possible by revisiting the past to awaken the combative spirit in favour of a fairer and more solidary society, in order to prioritize the population’s wellbeing instead of the profi and to point out ways to defend SUS as an achievement of the Brazilian people.

Author Biography

Mônica Mourão Lara Netto, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia em Biomodelos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Especialista em Marketing Empresarial pela Universidade Federal Fluminense.

Published

2020-06-26

How to Cite

Lara Netto, M. M. (2020). The survivor’s spirit. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v14i2.2013

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Section

Reviews of books and audiovisual productions