Clinica de Migrantes (2016)

Original title

Clínica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Directed by

Maxim Pozdorovkin

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

39 min

Rated

G

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a network of volunteer clinics in Philadelphia that offer healthcare to Latino immigrants. It shows the challenges these migrants face and the efforts of the people trying to help them.

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What happens

Clinica de Migrantes is a 2016 HBO documentary short produced by Third Party Films that investigates the intersection between immigration and healthcare through the work of Puentes de Salud, a volunteer-run network of clinics providing preventive care to the Latino community of South Philadelphia. It has won several awards, including the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films Best Documentary Short Award and the Telluride Mountainfilm Festival Norman Vaughan Human Spirit Award (2016). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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