Watch Life for a Child Documentary Free Online

You can now watch Life for a Child, the inspirational documentary produced by Lilly Diabetes for free on the video sharing site Hulu.com. You can download the movie for free as well. Visitors to Hulu can view the entire 28-minute film, which brings to light the life-or-death plight of children with diabetes in the developing world.

Directed by Academy Award-nominee Edward Lachman, the film follows the journeys of children with type 1 diabetes in Nepal, one the world’s poorest countries. The children are supported with medication and care through the International Diabetes Federation (IDF’s) Life for a Child Programme, which operates in 29 countries.

The Life for a Child film was produced by Lilly Diabetes, a global leader in diabetes treatment, in cooperation with IDF, the world’s leading diabetes advocacy organization, to raise awareness of the devastating impact of diabetes and increase support for the Life for a Child Programme. It is presented in association with Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the world’s largest charitable funder of type 1 diabetes research.

The Life for a Child film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York in April 2008 and made its European Premiere at the Vienna International Film Festival in the fall of 2008. In March 2009, it was honored as Best Documentary Short at California’s Cinequest Film Festival, and has been screened in more than a dozen countries. On World Diabetes Day 2009 (November 14), the film made its world television premiere on the Sundance Channel.

Life for a Child was filmed in October 2007 in Kathmandu and the rugged mountainous Sindhuli region of Nepal, following the stories of three children and the sacrifices of their families. Watch at Hulu.com.