The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution

56m
Documentary
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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.

Cast

Danny Glover
Narrator (voice)

Crew

Charles Burnett
Director
Daniel Loewenthal
Director, Editor, Producer
Anna Reid-Jhirad
Writer
Leslie Clark
Writer
Martin Dornbaum
Writer
Roberta Friedman
Producer
Barbara Berney
Producer
Eliott Taylor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Stephen James Taylor
Original Music Composer
Tammy Robinson
Consulting Producer

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