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ENCORE: AMERICAN DOCTOR

  • Gene Siskel Film Center 164 North State Street Chicago, IL, 60601 United States (map)

This encore is co-hosted with Doc10 Film Festival.

You can join the waitlist at the theater one hour before the screening.

AMERICAN DOCTOR

2025, dir. Poh Si Teng
United States, Palestine, Malaysia, Qatar, Denmark, Japan; 90 min.
In English and Arabic with English subtitles

AMERICAN DOCTOR is a vérité non-fiction film following three prominent physicians – Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian – friends who couldn’t be more different but are bound by the 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 scenes, the story follows them 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: the United States.

Following the screening will be a Q&A with Director Poh Si Teng, Dr. Thaer Ahmad, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, Dr. Mark Perlmutter, and Producer Reem Haddad.

Earlier Event: April 25
CLOSING NIGHT: AMERICAN DOCTOR
Later Event: April 28
ENCORE: TRACES OF HOME