Friday, June 12
6:00 PM - 7:45 PM

Regal Gallery Place

701 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001

for all screenings

American Doctor

Film Languages

English, Arabic, Hebrew

Director

Poh Si Teng

Producers

Poh Si Teng, Kirstine Barfod, Reem Haddad

Co-Producers

Mohammed Sawwaf, Kasper Lykke Schultz

Editors

Christopher White, Ema Ryan Yamazaki

Co-Editors

Christopher White, Ema Ryan Yamazaki

Cinematographers

Ibrahim Al Otla, Chris Renteria

Composers

Suad Bushnaq, Suvo Sur

AMERICAN DOCTOR follows three prominent physicians — Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian — who, despite their differences, are friends bound by a shared oath to save lives. Dr. Thaer Ahmad is measured and strategic; Dr. Mark Perlmutter is blunt and wears his heart on his sleeve; and Dr. Feroze Sidhwa is media-savvy and prolific. Filmed in unfolding, on-the-ground vérité scenes, the story traces their journey from a Gazan hospital under siege to the halls of Congress. Together, they fight to keep a promise to their Palestinian colleagues and patients to continue the struggle where it matters most: in the United States.

Director, American Doctor

Poh Si Teng is the director and producer of AMERICAN DOCTOR. She is the producer of the Oscar-nominated ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN and executive producer of the Emmy Award–winning PATRICE: THE MOVIE. She is a former creative executive at ABC/Disney, documentary commissioner for Al Jazeera English, IDA grants director, and journalist for The New York Times. She is the founder of Tiny Boxer Films, which produces nonfiction feature documentaries and docu- and unscripted series for U.S. and global majority markets.