Free Film: The Power to Heal

POWER TO HEAL is a powerful documentary that tells a poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to health care 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.

This film explores a missing link in the Civil Rights Movement – a struggle over health care from a half-century ago, that raises questions that resonate today: is health care a human right?