American Doctor

This urgently relevant film documents the experience of three American doctors in Gaza during the still-ongoing onslaught in the region. Coming from three very different backgrounds—Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—they find themselves caught between the moral imperative of being a doctor and the highly volatile politics surrounding their mission. Set between Gaza and the doctors’ home cities, the film explores their attempts to bring sustained attention in America’s halls of power to the horrors taking place in Gaza—particularly the bombing of hospitals. The film is unflinching in its depiction of the violence that the war perpetrates on Palestinian bodies, while also showing—through the deep compassion and understanding of the three doctors—that another way is possible. Beyond its immediate subject, American Doctor also offers deep insights into the nature of complicity, propaganda, and the political mechanisms that support violence and war in the name of imperialism.