GAZA GENOCIDE: A must-see, essential documentary on three volunteer American surgeons performing trauma medicine at the besieged hospitals in Gaza.
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Location: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Mtn. View
2575 California St. Suite 601, Mountain View, CA, 94040
From Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng, American Doctor follows three American physicians— Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—united by a single oath to save lives: Dr. Thaer Ahmad (Chicago, IL), Dr. Mark Perlmutter (Rocky Mount, North Carolina) and Dr. Feroze Sidhwa (trauma surgeon, California https://www.ferozesidhwa.org/).
After volunteering in besieged hospitals in Gaza, they return home determined to fight for the patients and colleagues they left behind, taking their battle from the front lines of war to the halls of Congress.
FILM AWARDS for “AMERICAN DOCTOR”:
Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival 2026
Audience Selection Award, HotDocs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2026
Audience Selection Award, Sydney Film Festival 2026
Winner of Michael Sullivan FRONTLINE Award for Journalism in a Documentary Film 2026
Winner, Biografilms Festival 2026
and more
FROM FIRSTSHOWING.net (by Alex Billington, July 15, 2026):
QUOTE: “American Doctor follows three American physicians – Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian – united by a single oath to save lives. After volunteering in besieged hospitals in Gaza, they return home determined to fight for the patients and colleagues they left behind. 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 the three of them from a Gazan hospital under siege, to the halls of Congress to continue the struggle where it matters most: the United States. American Doctor is directed by doc producer / filmmaker Poh Si Teng, directing her first feature film after producing many other docs including St. Louis Superman previously. Produced by Poh Si Teng, Kirstine Barfod, and Reem Haddad. This initially premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and it also played at True/False, SXSW, and CPH:DOX. Watermelon Pictures debuts American Doctor doc in select US + Canadian theaters starting August 14th, 2026 coming up this summer.”
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