Orbinski is the subject of the award-winning 2005 CBC documentary 'Evil Revisited', which documented his visit to Rwanda on the tenth anniversary of the genocide, his first such visit since the violence' He was also the subject of the award-winning and internationally acclaimed documentary film on medial humanitarianism, 'Triage: Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma', which follows Orbinski's return to Somalia, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.