The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
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Directed by Charles Burnett, Daniel Loewenthal
The story
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 & crew
Danny GloverNarrator (voice)Explore the crew
- Producer
- Daniel Loewenthal
- Director
- Charles Burnett
- Editor
- Daniel Loewenthal
- Producer
- Roberta Friedman
- Writer
- Leslie Clark
- Writer
- Martin Dornbaum
- Original Music Composer
- Stephen James Taylor
- Writer
- Anna Reid-Jhirad
- Director
- Daniel Loewenthal
- Producer
- Barbara Berney