Director Poh Si Teng makes no attempt to explain the rights or wrongs of the conflict, focusing instead on the work in Gaza of three American doctors from different backgrounds.
Los Angeles – Mark Perlmutter has treated patients hit by natural disaster and conflicts across 30 countries, including in his native United States. Yet, nothing prepared him for the horrors he would witness in the Gaza Strip under Israeli bombardment. The suffering Perlmutter and his colleagues have seen in Gaza hospitals since Israel launched its retaliation for the October 2023 Hamas attack forms the core of “American Doctor,” a documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and arrives in select U.S. theaters this Friday.
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