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American Doctor
Directed by Poh Si Teng
United by a shared oath to save lives, three American doctors—Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—work in a besieged hospital in Gaza in the middle of a genocide comitted by Israel, and return to the United States to fight for the patients and colleagues they left behind. From TMDB
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American Doctor is a 2026 documentary film, directed by Poh Si Teng, starring Thaer Ahmad, Mark Perlmutter and Feroze Sidhwa.
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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 50 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.5/10. The website's consensus reads: "American Doctor bears visceral witness to the crisis in Gaza, transforming the grim realities of the operating room into an urgent portrait of humanitarian resolve." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 86 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Variety called the film's thesis "sharpest when depicting Perlmutter," praising Teng for revealing "the inherent inequality in whose stories get told, and who's allowed to be angry, indignant and morally correct." RogerEbert.com found…
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60 of 87 · most liked firstProud to be an executive producer on 'American Doctor', the film about 3 US doctors who volunteered in Gaza, which premiered at Sundance. I knew early on that their stories needed to be told and I'm delighted Zeteo could help bring those stories to the screen. festival.sundance.org/program/film...
positive · AI labelView post →the new documentary “American Doctor” takes us inside Gaza’s hospitals with three U.S. physicians. Dr. Mark Perlmutter told me they participated in the film to “advance the actual facts coming out of what our American tax dollars were doing.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=VecG...
neutral · AI labelView post →Now, Sidhwa and his colleagues, Dr. Mark Perlmutter and Dr. Thaer Ahmad, are the subject of a documentary titled American Doctor. The film chronicles their work on the ground and their subsequent return to the US to tell the media and Congress what they saw.
neutral · AI labelView post →🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱 1st trailer for American Doctor is out! The doc follows 3 U.S. physicians: Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian, who volunteered in Gaza hospitals to treat kids wounded by Israeli strikes, then took the fight to Congress. Powerful stuff. Writer: Lucas Discussing Film
neutral · AI labelView post →American Doctor is a 2026 documentary film directed by Oscar nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng. It follows 3 American physicians, Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian, who volunteered in besieged hospitals in Gaza..
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Here are my #LastFourWatched Roger Dodger was a great rewatch. I've never laughed harder at a film than at THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE. And AMERICAN DOCTOR is a great documentary. I hope it becomes available soon.
positive · AI labelView post →Susan Sarandon sacrificed her career to stop genocide & promote love. Here, she talks about the new film, “American Doctor”. I’m so happy that the genocide lovers are big mad at her. All they do is expose themselves.
neutral · AI labelView post →Thank you for this write-up & your perspective ❤️. I'm curious if anyone here has seen "American Doctor"? It was playing at an independent theater nearby but I wasn't able to attend. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/au...
neutral · AI labelView post →For the next 7 days, American Doctor can be streamed for free on Watermelon+ The film follows the experiences of three American physicians (Drs. Feroze Sidhwa, Thaer Ahmad, and Mark Perlmutter) in Gaza and in their advocacy efforts back in the United States www.watermelonplus.com/american-doc...
neutral · AI labelView post →For Toronto moviegoers, this is easily best weekend of year so far: TONY, RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING, TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, THE END OF OAK STREET, AMERICAN DOCTOR. (Kids also get a new PAW PATROL, which has more breakneck-paced action than last three Jason Statham flicks.) Go see a movie!
neutral · AI labelView post →The genocidal apartheid state has murdered 1700 healthcare workers. “American Doctor": New Film Follows U.S. Doctors to Gaza as Israel Bombs Hospitals youtu.be/lMOhjwDRPGY
neutral · AI labelView post →@gatsu083.bsky.social reviewed American Doctor. The film is a must-watch, no ifs ands or buts here. His review sums up why:
neutral · AI labelView post →The fact that many of our politicians wouldn't even sit down with these doctors makes me lose faith in our political system. Check out the movie American Doctor. #GazaHolocaust #EndZionism #SanctionIsrael #BoycottIsrael
neutral · AI labelView post →“American Doctor,” directed by Poh Si Teng, follows three U.S. medical professionals who travel to Gaza to provide emergency care and later speak out about what they witnessed. Premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Now playing in NYC and opens in LA next Friday. sndnc.org/4gbF59s
neutral · AI labelView post →From the documentary film 'American Doctor', Poh Si Teng and Dr. Thaer Ahmad joined @deanobeidallah.bsky.social to explain how Israel's forcible displacement of Palestinians is central in the military strikes on healthcare units and hospitals. LISTEN: siriusxm.us/Dean
neutral · AI labelView post →American Doctor is a 2026 feature-length documentary film directed by Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng.The film tracks the experiences of three American physicians from diverse cultural and religions backgrounds
neutral · AI labelView post →The film *AMERICAN DOCTOR* will be released in August in the US and Europe. The film tells the story of the IDF's crimes against children and ventilators inside Gaza hospitals through the eyes of three American doctors who were in hell in real time. #Gaza #GazaGenocide #ICC4Israel
neutral · AI labelView post →I don’t usually promote all my film reviews, but this is different. Covered American Doctor, following three U.S. doctors working in and around Gaza, and how the film handles witnessing and who gets heard. Support indie outlets like @thegrindto.bsky.social www.thegrindmag.ca/american-doc...
positive · AI labelView post →And the Cinema for Humanity Audience Award at the 9th El Gouna Film Festival goes to... "visceral and hard-hitting" American Doctor! Congratulations to the director Poh Si Teng, the cast and crew: dmovies.org/2026/10/18/a...
neutral · AI labelView post →Winnipeg: “American Doctor” is showing at the Dave Barber Cinematheque today and Sep. 15 & 16. Lots of tickets still available. #Gaza davebarbercinematheque.com/movies/ameri...
neutral · AI labelView post →Palestine documentary ‘American Doctor’ packs Chicago’s Gene Siskel theater. The film follows three U.S. surgeons as they treat Palestinian children in Gaza, then return home to educate the public. #film #culture #Palestine
neutral · AI labelView post →"American Doctor": New Film Follows U.S. Doctors to Gaza as Israel Bombs Hospitals youtu.be/lMOhjwDRPGY?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Chicago emergency medicine physician Dr. Thaer Ahmad, a Palestinian American, is among three doctors featured in Poh Si Teng’s documentary “American Doctor” that will be screened during the 25th annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival later this month.
neutral · AI labelView post →I "attended" Sundance online, and saw 14 docs and 3 Beyond Film talks in 5 days. My top 7 faves: 1) American Doctor 2) Soul Patrol 3) The Oldest Person in the World 4) One in a Million 5) Birds of War 6) Closure 7) Everybody to Kenmure Street
positive · AI labelView post →Poh Si Teng's "American Doctor," which made its Canadian premiere at Hot Docs Festival, follows three medical workers as they navigate a crumbling health system in Gaza. It's a harrowing film, one that makes the case that genocide should never be muted, writes @noelransome.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Thank you Milwaukee Film Fest for bringing American Doctor to our city. @mkefilm.bsky.social There are Democrats in this city who are devoted to the continued destruction of hospitals and Palestinian children. We cannot allow them to remain influential in our politics. Vote them out.
neutral · AI labelView post →"Ralph speaks to Dr. Feroze Sidhwa for an update on the death toll in Gaza as well as the new documentary film 'American Doctor.' Then Ralph and economic William Lazonick discuss Nvidia’s planned $235 billion stock buyback."
neutral · AI labelView post →Please see the film #AmericanDoctor if you can. It is a must watch: americandoctorfilm.com
positive · AI labelView post →New Documentary "American Doctor" is a must see film ❤️👇🏼😢
positive · AI labelView post →Documentary films ‘Can we accept what we have done or not done?’: harrowing film follows doctors in Gaza American Doctor follows three volunteer doctors as they try to save lives on the frontline and then return to the US to become advocates in congress www.theguardian.com/film/2026/au...
neutral · AI labelView post →Poh Si Teng's Sundance award winning doc, AMERICAN DOCTOR, was a shot in the arm to audiences at the Angelika Film Center in NYC as it grossed $40k in just one theater this weekend--highest per-screen average for a doc in the past two years. Watermelon Pictures will expand to LA this Friday.
neutral · AI labelView post →American Doctor Movie Review follows three American physicians of diff backgrounds-Dr. Mark Perlmutter NC Jewish-American orthopedic surgeon; Dr. Thaer Ahmad a Chicago Palestinian-American ER physician; and Dr. Feroze Sidhwa a CA trauma surgeon of Pakistani Parsi heritage youtu.be/WJgNA0AKLAI?...
neutral · AI labelView post →American Doctor is a 2026 documentary film directed by Poh Si Teng. The film follows three American physicians of diverse backgrounds who travel to Gaza to provide medical aid during the conflict. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...
neutral · AI labelView post →AMERICAN DOCTOR is a profoundly upsetting and immensely important documentary. Tragic, graphic, and harrowing, this film explores the dire healthcare situation in Gaza and the selfless doctors who put themselves in imminent danger to care for victims. #Sundance2026
positive · AI labelView post →I'm sure that's by design! Like, realizing Wild Bill minus his hat and boots is functionally Oscar Wilde gets you a classic Doctor Look AND is a subtle nod to it being The American Doctor Who Movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Jared Leto starring in a Doctor Who movie. An American Doctor is a horrible idea, this takes it to the extreme. Bonus points - J.J. Abrams is the director. That’s playing in the cineplex in my personal hell.
neutral · AI labelView post →PDX! Share election results in the B Movie Bingo beer line hollywoodtheatre.org/show/fatal-t... Girl Winter Film Tour everout.com/portland/eve... "Once Upon a Time in Harlem" www.cinema21.com "American Doctor" pdx.livingroomtheaters.com/home/ DSA Election Night Party portlanddsa.org/events
neutral · AI labelView post →I just watched the movie American Doctor. In it I saw thousands of children who will presenting the US and Israel with a bit of a problem in ten to fifteen years.
neutral · AI labelView post →@wgrn-lp.bsky.social Dr. Sidhwa is featured in a new documentary film "American Doctor" that reveals the healthcare collapse and a mortality analysis of the contemporary state of affairs in Gaza. freepress.org/article/amer...
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched "American Doctor", a powerfil film about three doctors volunteering in Gaza and attacks on health care workers. There were just four of us in the theatre. I talked to the owner and he said every showing has been like that. People just want to stick their heads in the sand.
positive · AI labelView post →FILM: “THE MISSION” follows Dr. Tahir on his medical mission to Gaza. In case you were unable to view “American Doctor,” here’s another documentary of the Israeli devastation of Gaza‼️ Have a look at the trailer, and please share‼️🙏🇵🇸 www.instagram.com/reel/Ddo9Tbk...
neutral · AI labelView post →New @cityweekly.bsky.social reviews of this week's theatrical releases: RESIDENT EVIL; SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE BEAST OF MOSSY BOTTOM; THE WEIGHT; FILIPIÑANA; AMERICAN DOCTOR; IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME. www.cityweekly.net/film/film-re...
neutral · AI labelView post →American Doctor is the kind of movie that justifies the existence of the medium. The director and one of the doctors were there for a Q&A and stood outside patiently answering more questions after. Remarkable people.
positive · AI labelView post →“Director Poh Si Teng says the film rose out of her ‘deep despair‘ over what was happening in Gaza, including deadly Israeli attacks on her former Al Jazeera colleagues. American Doctor is her attempt ‘to bring Palestine back to the United States,‘ Teng says.” Trailer & More: americandoctorfilm.com
neutral · AI labelView post →American Doctor is a very tough watch, be warned, but it couldn't be more timely www.screendaily.com/reviews/amer... #Sundance2026 #FilmSky🎬
positive · AI labelView post →Please stop calling the new Doctor Who series a "reboot." It is a revival and continuation of old Doctor Who (with the American Doctor Who movie, which had the Eighth Doctor. NuWho begins with the Ninth Doctor.)
neutral · AI labelView post →AMERICAN DOCTOR (2026) Streaming: November 10, 2026 VOD/Digital (Apple, Amazon, Fandango, etc.) #AmericanDoctor whentostream.com/acclaimed-do...
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't want an American Doctor either. When my wife suggested Jeff Goldblum (watching the tv movie about DNA) I said, "Tom Baker's already played that Doctor" But if we hadda, I'd'a wanted to see the late David Ogden Stiers Or, let Giancarlo Esposito play a good guy or F. Murray Abraham
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes! Critically acclaimed film American Doctor is streaming for free on Watermelon+ until Nov 6 United by a shared oath to save lives, three American doctors—Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—work in a besieged hospital in Gaza ... www.watermelonplus.com/american-doc...
neutral · AI labelView post →"Late Fame," "American Doctor," "The Marching Band," and a film festival wrap-up and preview, all in Movies with Meaning, at www.thegoodradionetwork.com/movies-with-.... #BrentMarchant #LateFame #AmericanDoctor #TheMarchingBand #ReelingFilmFestival #ChiFilmFest
neutral · AI labelView post →• Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes / Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) • Castration Movie Anthology ii. The Best of Both Worlds (2025) • The Warriors (1979) • Down by Law (1986) • American Doctor (2026) • Primetime (2026)
neutral · AI labelView post →I just saw the documentary AMERICAN DOCTOR and feel absolutely wrecked. Parts of this movie are extremely difficult to watch, but it's is a vital piece of reporting. Easily one of the most important films of the year. (**** out of four)
positive · AI labelView post →“American Doctor” New Film Follows U.S. Doctors to Gaza as Israel Bombs Hospitals, Kills Staff, Patients 8/14/26 www.democracynow.org/2026/8/14/am...
neutral · AI labelView post →Exciting news! The Tasveer Film Center has extended the showing of American Doctor, from 2 days to over 2 weeks. I highly recommend the film American Doctor which follows 3 US physicians of diverse backgrounds who travel to Gaza to provide medical aid during the genocide.
positive · AI labelView post →I saw #AmericanDoctor yesterday. It's a really powerful film that exposes the brutal acts of the IDF in #Gaza. The international community needs to stop turning a blind eye to this genocide that is killing innocent children, hospital employees, and journalists. #FreePalestine #StopAmericanFundingofIsrael
positive · AI labelView post →What really happened in Gaza? Three American Doctors share what they saw first hand in this riveting new documentary "American Doctor" directed by Poh Si Teng. The film follows three prominent physicians- Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian. You will see footage corporate media has not aired--and..
neutral · AI labelView post →A new movie is out called American Doctor. If you know who Gelnnon Doyle is, she is the executive producer of this film. My husband and I are going to check it out tonight. "American Doctor" it is supposed to be a very powerful film
positive · AI labelView post →Sign up, sign in, and leave a comment or question about 'American Doctor', coming to New Orleans starting tonight with a panel discussion at Prytania Canal Place. #nolasky #filmsky ⚜️🍿 www.moviegoingwithbill.com/american-doc...
neutral · AI labelView post →A must see film. From Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng, American Doctor follows three American doctors — Palestinian, Jewish, Zoroastrian — as they save lives in Gaza, before returning home to share their stories and advocate for change in the halls of Congress. youtu.be/Be7_u8jzHzU?...
neutral · AI labelView post →please direct them to this movie American Doctor. As a jew, I cannot put into words the absolute loathing & disgust I feel for Netanyahu, Smotrich, BenGvir, @aipac.org, and for those who enable Jewish supremacy. #AniLoZioni #AntiZionistJew
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