As bombs fall and hospitals become targets, three U.S. physicians volunteer to provide medical aid in Gaza. Each doctor brings a different background, temperament, and relationship to the conflict, yet all three are bound by the same moral imperative—to save as many lives as they can. Between surgeries, they return home to talk to the press and to Congress, giving testimony before a country whose foreign policy is funding the very destruction they are working to mitigate. Documentarian Poh Si Teng’s camera is an unflinching and steady witness to lives damaged and lost. Urgent and unsparing, American Doctor asks not only what it means to care for victims of war but also what it means to watch devastation from a distance. KL

Q&A following screening