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American Doctor

2026 · 91 min

A harrowing, clear-eyed look at doctors saving lives under bombardment, leaving you shaken and angry rather than comforted.

Directed by
Poh Si Teng
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Thaer Ahmad, Mark Perlmutter, Feroze Sidhwa
Tagline
Do no harm.
Overview
United by a shared oath to save lives, three American doctors—Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—work in a besieged hospital in Gaza in the middle of a genocide comitted by Israel, and return to the United States to fight for the patients and colleagues they left behind.

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Directed by
Poh Si Teng
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Thaer Ahmad, Mark Perlmutter, Feroze Sidhwa
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • violence
  • death
  • justice
  • morality
Places
  • hospital
  • military
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Action2
Horror7
Humour1
Realism10
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity6
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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Poh Si Teng
Written by
Poh Si Teng
Starring
Thaer Ahmad, Mark Perlmutter, Feroze Sidhwa, Dana Bash, Hasan Piker
Music
Suad Bushnaq
Cinematography
Chris Renteria, Ibrahim Al-Otla
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States of America, Palestinian Territory, Denmark
Languages
Arabic, English

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