Remote Area Medical

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Remote Area Medical

2014

1h 20m

Documentary

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The pioneers of no-cost health care clinics treat 2,000 patients over three days near Bristol, Tenn.

Emma Myers

IndieWire

Genuinely moving but never maudlin, Remote Area Medical lays bare the injustice of a system that fails to provide for those who need it most.

Rated: B

Aug 16, 2016

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

The filmmakers inspire deep admiration for the volunteers, but without reducing the patients to mere victims of our broken welfare system.

Jan 12, 2015

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

This deeply compassionate, quietly furious documentary ... highlights, in dramatic detail, the woeful lack of medical care available to residents of one Appalachian community-and, by extension, to many Americans.

Dec 8, 2014

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Cory Woodroof

Lumination Network

The documentary accomplishes an admirable task by highlighting an issue and showing how some are trying to fix it.

Feb 11, 2022

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Morgan Rojas

Cinemacy

In this eye-opening film, we get an intimate look at a Tennessee clinic's operation for three days and experience first hand the hardships that many Americans encounter to receive basic medical care.

Nov 8, 2018

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Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

This movie provides a snapshot of what health care in America was like for some people before many provisions of Obamacare took effect, and it is a depressing snapshot.

Rated: B

Jan 19, 2015

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Tim G

Mind-boggling that this needs to exist in the richest country in the world.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/23/15

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Audience Member

I actually was just lucky enough to have this group come through my town, these people are just as nice and helpful in person as they appear on this documentary. Amazing people. I actually watched the doc before I went down to seek help from them to see what they were about.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

As someone who has spent majority of my life without healthcare - I appreciate the film & it's subjects!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

While, it was cool that I was able to meet the director of the film and the message that it got across was crucial for American's to see, Remote Area Medical is lacking. It's poorly shot and aesthetically a nightmare. There's not quite enough movement in the plot to make it worth watching again. Just a mediocre documentary.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

A really depressing look at a weekend of work for the people who organize Remote Area Medical as they spend the weekend treating thousands of individuals in Bristol, Tennessee's from the city's NASCAR speedway. Shines a light on the state of the medical system in the US.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Jeff Reichert

Director

Farihah Zaman

Director

Ilene Kahn Power

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Dan O'Meara

Producer

Jarred Alterman

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Steven Bognar

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Synopsis

The pioneers of no-cost health care clinics treat 2,000 patients over three days near Bristol, Tenn.

Director: Jeff Reichert, Farihah Zaman
Producer: Dan O'Meara
Distributor: Cinedigm
Production Co: Candescent Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 28, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Runtime: 1h 20m

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