
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
2018
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Overview:
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.
Daniel Loewenthal
Editor, Producer, Director
Charles Burnett
Director
Roberta Friedman
Producer
Barbara Berney
Producer
Anna Reid-Jhirad
Writer
Leslie Clark
Writer
Martin Dornbaum
Writer
Cast:
View full castDanny Glover
Narrator (voice)