Power to heal : Medicare and the civil rights revolution

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Statement of responsibility: a film by Barbara Berney ; produced by Barbara Berney, Roberta Friedman, Daniel Loewenthal ; directed by Charles Burnett & Daniel Loewenthal ; writer and contributing producer, Anna Reid Jhirad ; a co-production of BLB Productions, LLC and WETA Washington, D.C

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Summary: Power To Heal tells a 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. The film illustrates how Movement leaders and grass-roots volunteers pressed and worked with the federal government to achieve justice and fairness for African-Americans

Credits note: Additional writing, Martin Dornbaum, Leslie Clark, David Barton Smith ; music by Stephen James Taylor ; edited by Daniel Loewenthal ; co-editor, Michele Zarbafian ; camera, Alex Allgood [and 9 others]

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