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Remote Area Medical

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

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Remote Area Medical

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Emma Myers IndieWire 08/16/2016
B
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. Go to Full Review
Ben Sachs Chicago Reader 01/12/2015
The filmmakers inspire deep admiration for the volunteers, but without reducing the patients to mere victims of our broken welfare system. Go to Full Review
Richard Brody The New Yorker 12/08/2014
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. Go to Full Review
Cory Woodroof Lumination Network 02/11/2022
The documentary accomplishes an admirable task by highlighting an issue and showing how some are trying to fix it. Go to Full Review
Morgan Rojas Cinemacy 11/08/2018
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. Go to Full Review
Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope 01/19/2015
B
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. Go to Full Review
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Tim G 10/23/2015 Mind-boggling that this needs to exist in the richest country in the world. See more 10/13/2015 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. See more 02/26/2015 As someone who has spent majority of my life without healthcare - I appreciate the film & it's subjects! See more 02/18/2015 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. See more 01/09/2015 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. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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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