A surgical team at work in an operating room. In the center, a surgeon in a navy MedGlobal cap and blue gown looks down at the operating field, flanked by a colleague in a green gown on the left and another in a dark blue gown on the right. A blurred figure in the foreground and a person in a dark headscarf in the background are also present. Surgical lights glow overhead against a dark green wall.

American Doctor

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About American Doctor

This haunting film takes a stark and forceful look at on-the-ground efforts to save lives in Gaza by three American doctors and friends of different backgrounds: one Palestinian, one Jewish, one Zoroastrian.

Emergency physician Dr. Thaer Ahmad is measured and strategic; orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Mark Perlmutter is blunt and wears his heart on his sleeve; trauma surgeon Dr. Feroze Sidhwa is media-savvy and pragmatic. Journalist and filmmaker Poh Si Teng’s cinema vérité documentary follows them from a Gazan hospital under siege, risking their own lives to treat patients in appalling conditions, to Washington, where they speak out about Israeli attacks on hospitals and advocate for ceasefire.

From the start, Si Teng sets out her stall: this is a film that seeks to expose the full realities of this devastating conflict, including the horrific killing and maiming of children. It’s also a film that wants you to think about which lives matter most and whose voices we hear most clearly.
 

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MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.

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