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Sundance Premiere 'American Doctor' Alleges U.S. Complicity in Gaza’s Assault on Healthcare

The film follows three American physicians in Gaza to argue that U.S. support enables the collapse of medical care.

Overview

  • The documentary by Poh Si Teng debuts in Sundance’s U.S. Documentary Competition, centering on Drs. Feroze Sidhwa, Thaer Ahmad, and Mark Perlmutter as they volunteer in Gaza.
  • The film shows repeated strikes on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, including scenes where rescuers from the Palestinian Red Crescent are killed after an initial blast.
  • Reviews describe a humanitarian focus with graphic hospital footage and on-camera assertions that U.S. tax dollars fund the violence, as the filmmakers frame the war as genocide.
  • The doctors recount access denials, smuggling basic medical supplies when blocked, and operating under a foreign press ban reported to have been in place since October 2023.
  • The film cites over 1,700 health workers killed since October 2023 and notes outside tallies of widespread hospital damage, as it follows the doctors’ largely fruitless advocacy in Washington; distribution is set through Watermelon Pictures with a holdback for potential streamer sale.