The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution

2018 56 min

Overview

Tells the poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. Central to the story is the tale of how a new national program, Medicare, was used to mount a dramatic, coordinated effort that desegregated thousands of hospitals across the country in a matter of months.

Genres

Documentary

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Spoken Languages

English en

Flatrate

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Cast

Danny Glover

Narrator (voice)

Crew

Charles Burnett

Director

Daniel Loewenthal

Producer

Barbara Berney

Producer

Roberta Friedman

Producer

Anna Reid-Jhirad

Writer

Leslie Clark

Writer

Martin Dornbaum

Writer

Daniel Loewenthal

Director

Posters

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