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SUMMARY:Film Screening: The Power to Heal - Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Film Screening and Discussion \nFilm Screening: ThePower to Heal – Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution \nFebruary 11 | 6pm – 9pm | Auditorium | RSVP \nThe CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy is proud to present The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution\, a documentary that recounts how civil rights activists\, the federal government\, and medical professionals used Medicare funding to desegregate America‚Äôs hospitals\, medical practices and medical schools\, opening the door to Black Americans in both the North and South. \nThe documentary was produced by CUNY SPH Associate Professor Barbara Berney. \nPower to Heal recounts how civil rights activists\, the federal government\, and medical professionals used Medicare funding to desegregate America‚Äôs hospitals\, medical practices and medical schools\, opening the door to Black Americans in both the North and South. \nThe film begins by revealing the culture of segregated health care and the real perils it unleashed in black communities. It follows a chronological arc\, beginning with federal legislation (the Hill‚ÄìBurton Act of 1946) that facilitated the spread of segregated hospitals following World War II just as black doctors intensified their efforts to end racial discrimination. The film weaves together thefirst-person accounts of participants in the desegregation effort with expert historians‚Äô commentary to create a cohesive storyline that shows how segregation was dismantled in hospitals in the mid 1960s. \nBerney was inspired to create and produce this film by the compelling stories of her colleague and friend\, Dr. Richard Smith\, who was director of field operations for hospital desegregation in 1966. \n‚ÄúAs a public health professional who worked in civil rights for decades\, I was convinced that this little known\, important and dramatic story needed to be shared with a wide audience\,‚Äù Berney says. \nThe documentary is directed by Oscar-winner Charles Burnett and Dan Loewenthal\, and narrated by actor Danny Glover. WETA\, the second largest creator of programming for the PBS system\, is co-producer of the project. Major funding for the project has been provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation. \nA screening of the film will be followed by a discussion led byDr. Berney. Doors will open at 6pm. The film will begin promptly at 6:30pm. Light refreshments will be served.” \n
URL:https://sph.cuny.edu/event/film-screening-the-power-to-heal-medicare-and-the-civil-rights-revolution/
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