The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution

Film

The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution

Director
Charles Burnett
Year
2018

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.

Top cast

Directed by

Charles Burnett, Daniel Loewenthal

Written by

Anna Reid-Jhirad, Leslie Clark, Martin Dornbaum

Produced by

Daniel Loewenthal, Roberta Friedman, Barbara Berney