Medecins Sans Frontieres 3D Photofilm exhibition in Spitalfields

The international humanitarian medical aid charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) offers a unique opportunity to experience up close what it is like to deliver babies in the midst of conflict. A free, six day exhibition from 22-27 September will allow the public the chance to step into the life of a British midwife, saving the lives of pregnant women and babies in an area of the Democratic Republic of Congo mired in war.

The groundbreaking exhibition takes the form of a 3D film of images taken in the North Kivu area of DRC earlier this year, and is produced by award-winning digital and broadcast production company duckrabbit. The stunning 3D photographs and documentary audio will be shown on specially set up Panasonic screens with NVIDIA 3D Vision technology and Sennheiser headphones.

The story centres around British midwife Samantha Perkins, 29, who returned this year from 9 months delivering babies and saving lives in the MSF-supported Masisi hospital in the DRC.

Sam and her team delivered 3451 babies there last year, a greater number than even the Royal Free Hospital in London. Because most Congolese women give birth at home, they only come to the hospital if there are complications. As a result, almost all of those pregnancies were classified as high risk. Were it not for the work of Sam and her team, many of these women and their babies would have died.

The exhibition lasts for 6 days and is free of charge.