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‘American Doctor’ Review: A Visceral Account of the War in Gaza Told Through the Eyes of Emergency Doctors

Jan 26, 2026 3:14pm PT ‘American Doctor’ Review: A Visceral Account of the War in Gaza Told Through the Eyes of Emergency Doctors By framing her documentary from the perspective of three American doctors — one Palestinian, one Jewish and one Zoroastrian — filmmaker Poh Si Teng questions whose voices and whose lives matter. By Murtada Elfadl Plus Icon Murtada Elfadl Latest ‘American Doctor’ Review: A Visceral Account of the War in Gaza Told Through the Eyes of Emergency Doctors 48 minutes ago ‘Sore: Wife from the Future’ Review: A Fantastical Time-Traveling Romance That Never Achieves Liftoff 1 month ago ‘Europe’s New Faces’ Review: An Intimate if Scattered Portrait of Displacement Reframes the Immigration Narrative 2 months ago See All Ibrahim Al Otla “American Doctor” starts strongly with an emotional argument between filmmaker and protagonist. The latter pushes for showing the bodies of dead Palestinian children on screen, to convey the enormity of the carnage in the war on Gaza.

A still from American Doctor byPoh Si Teng, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Ibrahim Al Otla

A still from American Doctor byPoh Si Teng, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Ibrahim Al Otla

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Key Highlights

  • The filmmaker wants to “preserve their dignity” by pixelating the photos.
  • The protagonist wins, and the audience sees the images as they are.
  • Thus does this documentary set out its moral purpose.
  • The narrative captures the experiences of doctors trying to save lives during wartime, while ensuring they tell the world the truth about what they are witnessing.
  • The arguments about what to show and not show, and who gets to tell which story, are what distinguish “American Doctor” beyond documenting its protagonists’ trips to Gaza.
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