US Edition'American Doctor' tells of brutality in Israel-Hamas war
The film highlights challenges of medical care under blockade and memorializes 1,700 healthcare workers killed since October 2023 in Gaza, amid ongoing accusations of war crimes.
- On Friday at the Sundance Film Festival, director Poh Si Teng premiered 'American Doctor', which follows US medics working in Gaza Strip hospitals and shows smuggling to bypass an Israeli blockade.
- Director Poh Si Teng initially declined to film images of dead Palestinian children, sparking debate over pixelation and journalistic practice, while Mark Perlmutter advised showing the truth.
- The film shows hospitals repeatedly struck by the Israeli army and documents `double tap` strikes at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, showing emergency responders killed by follow-up fire.
- The trio has pressed policymakers in Washington and spoken to international media in Israel and the United States to highlight Gaza's medical crisis and urge Americans to avoid being an accessory to child murder.
- Amid claims of genocide, investigators accused Israel of genocide, which Israel called `distorted and false`, while the film is dedicated to around 1,700 healthcare workers killed since October 2023.
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'American Doctor' tells of brutality in Israel-Hamas war
At the start of "American Doctor," a new documentary about US medics working in hospitals in the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Hamas war, director Poh Si Teng initially declines to film pictures of dead Palestinian children that one of the…
At the beginning of American Doctor, a new documentary about American doctors working in hospitals in the Gaza Strip, director Poh Si Teng initially refuses to take photos of dead Palestinian children that one of the doctors tries to show her.
Park City, United States At the start of the documentary "American Doctor" about three American doctors in Gaza hospitals during the war between Israel and Hamas, its director Poh Si Teng refuses to film an already deceased Palestinian child that one of the characters shows him. Teng, who premiered his film at the Sundance Festival in Park City on Friday, is concerned that he will have to blur the raw scene to preserve the dignity of the child, …
New documentary: 'American Doctor' tells of brutality in Israel-Hamas war
How American Doctor Spotlights Personal and Collective Action in Gaza - POV Magazine
At the beginning of the riveting documentary American Doctor, director Poh Si Teng receives a stern challenge from participant Dr. Mark Perlmutter. The doctor wants to show Teng some photographs of Palestinian children murdered amid the genocide in Gaza. Teng audibly expresses concern. One hears the filmmaker work out in her mind the ethical wrestling match before her. She doesn’t know if she should see the photos just for reference or include t…
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