Beyond the Call is a 2006 documentary film about three middle-aged men who are former soldiers and modern-day knights. They travel the world delivering life-saving humanitarian aid directly into the hands of civilians and doctors in some of the most dangerous places on Earth, the front lines of war. It is the directorial debut of Adrian Belic.

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Beyond the Call
Directed by	Adrian Belic
Written by	Adrian Belic
Produced by	Adrian Belic
Cinematography	Adrian Belic
Edited by	Jennifer Chinlund
Music by	Marcello De Francisci
Release date	April 26, 2006 (2006-04-26) (Tribeca)[1]
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

PBS aired a 60-minute version of Beyond the Call on January 23, 2007 as part of its Independent Lens series.

Synopsis

Ed Artis, Jim Laws, and Walt Ratterman are former soldiers and modern-day knights. They travel the world delivering life-saving humanitarian aid directly into the hands of civilians and doctors on the front lines of war.

They are self-styled Knights of Malta. In 1995, they formed Knightsbridge International, a humanitarian aid organization, whose motto is "High Adventure and Service to Humanity." They have traveled to places such as Afghanistan, Albania, Chechnya, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Rwanda, and the southern Philippines.

Walt Ratterman died afterwards in the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

References

• Review at Cinematical
• PBS Independent Lens

External links

• Official website
• Beyond the Call at IMDb
• Beyond the Call at Rotten Tomatoes
• "Independent Lens" Beyond the Call at IMDb

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