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.
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.Synopsis
The film depicts the problems still occurring fifty years after the development of the polio vaccine, and shows areas where the polio virus is still found in several countries around the world. Without vaccinations it could re-emerge and re-infect regions where it was eradicated decades ago, and the film also notes that the first line of defense is a dedicated and continual effort by international health workers going door-to-door to ensure every child is vaccinated.