“The President and the Dragon” chronicles the incredible story of Jimmy Carter’s decades-long fight to eradicate Guinea worm disease, which has cut annual cases from 3.5 million to just 15. The new documentary by Sudanese filmmaker Waleed Eltayeb debuts on Amazon, Hoopla, and Verizon Fios on Oct. 1 – which would have been President Carter’s 101st birthday. The film tells how an unlikely band of public health veterans, ex-child soldiers, volunteers from remote villages, and visionary donors brave

‘Amazing Grace’ performed by Phyllis Adams during Jimmy Carter’s funeral service