American Doctor

three U.S. surgeons travel to Gaza in this furious, confrontational, and incredibly damning call to resist Israel & America's STILL-ongoing genocide. eschews heroism to focus on evil, and gradually coheres into a shattering lament against the erasure of Palestine and its…

davidehrlich

Take note. I’ve seen the best documentary at Sundance 2026, and it’s AMERICAN DOCTOR. A brutal, harrowing, and absolutely vital look at three American physicians who voluntarily enter Gaza to save lives as hospitals are deliberately targeted and resources are scarce.…

Matt Neglia

Thoroughly appreciated how this manages to document the average person’s subconscious desire to shield themselves and others from this level of horrific violence by showing the filmmaker’s own knee-jerk reaction to blur or cut images of murdered children in Gaza. The doctor…

claira curtis

"You have a responsibility, as I do, to tell the truth. You pixilate this and that's journalistic malpractice." This is a doc not for those who have been paying attention to the horrific news out of Gaza for the last few years. This is for those of you who have chosen to…

Marya E. Gates

After researching the history of Israel and Palestine, I and many scholars have come to the conclusion that Gaza is unlivable, Gaza is over. Studies show that under the most optimistic scenarios, it would take until 2050 just to remove the rubble caused by the Israeli…

Clavicular

Horrifying, gut-wrenching, sobering, anger-inducing, essential. God bless these doctors who are tirelessly working to not only save lives but change minds, and God do the opposite to everyone who made that work necessary.

David Chen

In its totality I think this is one of the most effective pieces of documentary storytelling I have personally ever seen.  It talks to and understands the journalistic responsibility of showing the images of dead children but then knows the power of showing the…

Zachary Ruane

Sundance Movie #25 (Online): Like No Other Land, this is a documentary that's powerful because it's a human story, and enraging because that humanity is being ignored and erased on the world stage. American Doctor follows three American doctors as they attempt to render…

Dan Murrell

A self-described piece of vérité non-fiction filmmaking, American Doctor opens with the first and only sighting of its debuting director, Poh Si Teng, in the presence of one of her primary subjects. Dr. Mark Perlmutter shows on his tablet a gruesome image of Palestinian…

Julian (Seeking Film)