Poh Si Teng’s courageous docu offers a look at three U.S. physicians volunteering in Gaza, during the bloody war, while risking their own lives.
It is a story in which medicine and moral decency take precedence over politics and partisanship.
The film focuses on the practical day to day reality of surgeons trying to save lives; when kids are brought into the ER after bombing, their suffering is tough to watch regardkessof nationality and what side of the conflict you’re on
When three American doctors — Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian — enter Gaza to save lives, they inevitably get caught between medicine and politics; the Gaza war in has deeply involved the US.
As the attacks intensified in Gaza and medical capabilities were decimated, American doctors felt both a professional and a moral obligation to act.
The work involved making the difficult but necessary decisions after an attack, caring for injured children (some badly and fatally), while being concerned for their own personal safety.
The three physicians are individuals from different backgrounds–they are unified in their goal to ease suffering, and raise their voices as citizens to demand action from their own government.
From Gaza hospitals to the halls of American power, director Poh Si Teng depicts a terrible reality, but also shows paths forward to with humanity and both personal and collective action.
