AMERICAN DOCTOR - Amazing/Horrifying Film

 

There are a growing number of excellent films about October 7th and its aftermath.   The Voice of Hind Rajab recreates the dramatic story of a five year old girl desperately trying to save herself, as others do their best to prevent the horrible death she faced.   All That’s Left of You is a great fictional film portraying three generations of men dealing with the horrors they faced as Israel evolved into and as an independent state.   Holding Liat is a moving documentary film focused upon the family members of Liat Beinin Atzilli, who was a hostage, and their varying views of what happened on and after October 7th, 2023.

For me, having first heard of American Doctor last night, and watched it in a theater this afternoon, I was simply stunned by the horror(s) and deep insights of this incredible film!!  The film is direct, brutally honest and clearly showing the realities that I see related to the targeting of hospitals, children and journalists.  

This film, if it gets a growing audience, may be perceived as threatening, both by individuals who believe “Judaism = Zionism” (as briefly was noted in the film), as well as perhaps by Israeli governmental authorities.

A non-Jewish physician is shown speaking at the Baltimore Jewish Voice for Peace Annual Conference, getting lauded by the audience after speaking.    In a contrasting image, the lobbying of Congresspeople, is spoken of clearly showing that most seemingly don’t care about the Palestinian People.

Israel’s prime-minister is shown, CNN clips, with their “unbiased” efforts which look pathetic in response to the personal accounts of each of the three physicians show consistently in the film.  It is impossible to emotionally connect a prospective viewer of the film of the young Palestinian orthopedic surgeon describing his refusal to leave his hospital work to join his spouse with their 10 month old daughter.   He first saw the daughter as she neared death in their hospital.

The film shows many instances of dead and badly maimed children, making real so, so much.   The multiple bombings of the Nasser Hospital clearly conveys the Israeli targeting of it for attack.    The surgeon talking of how if he’d have returned to where he was, he’d be a corpse himself was particularly illuminating/horrifying.

The film shows the survivor/participant guilt of the physicians leaving Gaza to return to their homes, when their hearts tell them they should stay. The two partnered physicians talked of how hard it was to balance their spousal commitments, with their desperate efforts to save children’s lives.

American Doctor is a 2026 documentary film directed by Poh Si Teng. …

The film follows three American physicians of different backgrounds. Dr. Mark Perlmutter is a Jewish American orthopedic surgeon from North Carolina; Dr. Thaer Ahmad is a Palestinian American emergency physician from Chicago; and Dr. Feroze Sidhwa is a trauma surgeon from California of Pakistani Parsi heritage.[5] The three doctors operated primarily out of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis during two visits to Gaza, before and after the 2025 ceasefire.[6]

Each viewer will see/hear a different image than anyone else viewing the film somewhat differently from every other viewer.   There is so much portrayed.

I highly recommend seeing this film!   It may be triggering for some who have Palestinian Family.

The film’s website is at:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Doctor

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