Please join us for this exclusive NYC screening and discussion
hosted by the United Nations Association of New York
Shadows in Sunlight
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Special panel with guests to be announced
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Thursday | 12 March 2026 | 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Admission:
UNA Members: $10
Non-Members: $15
Park Avenue Screening Room
500 Park Avenue (at East 59th Street)
New York, NY 10022
6:00 p.m. | Film Screening
6:30 p.m. | Panel Discussion with Q+A
7:30 p.m. | Reception
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Registration for this event coming soon
Ishrat Rahim is one of almost 400,000 women working across Pakistan to vaccinate the country’s 40 million children against polio. In her work, she often encounters suspicion and mistrust, due to cultural and religious reasons.
While she works, she and her female colleagues are constantly protected by armed guards. Despite sometimes threatening situations, she persistently continues her work to convince the city’s residents of the benefits of the vaccine and the potential for eradicating polio.
Shadows in Sunlight is one in a series of films that explore how researchers and health care professionals are building on the foundation laid by Nobel Prize laureates to prevent and treat diseases today.
The film, and Rahim’s work, draws inspiration from the legacy of John Enders, Thomas Weller and Frederick Robbins, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1954. In 1949, they succeeded in cultivating a virus in a lab, a crucial precondition for the development of a vaccine against polio.
The film was made possible through a collaboration between Nobel Prize Outreach and Grain Media, with support from the Novo Nordisk Foundation.
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DISCLAIMER: All ticket sales for events are final. Please remember that your purchase represents your commitment to attend an event — there will be NO refunds issued.