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Power to heal : Medicare and the civil rights revolution / a film by Barbara Berney ; produced by Barbara Berney, Roberta Friedman, Daniel Loewenthal ; directed by Charles Burnett & Daniel Loewenthal ; writer and contributing producer, Anna Reid Jhirad ; a co-production of BLB Productions, LLC and WETA Washington, D.C.

Published:
[Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2018]
Physical Description:
1 streaming video file (56 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences
Additional Creators:
Glover, Danny, Berney, Barbara (Barbara L.), Burnett, Charles, 1944-, Friedman, Roberta, Loewenthal, Daniel, Reid-Jhirad, Anna, Taylor, Stephen James, BLB Productions (Firm), WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), and Bullfrog Films
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Language Note:
Closed captioning available.
Restrictions on Access:
Access restricted to subscribing institutions.
Summary:
Power To Heal tells a 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. The film illustrates how Movement leaders and grass-roots volunteers pressed and worked with the federal government to achieve justice and fairness for African-Americans.
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Interest Grade:
9 and up.
Note:
Title from title frames.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Additional writing, Martin Dornbaum, Leslie Clark, David Barton Smith ; music by Stephen James Taylor ; edited by Daniel Loewenthal ; co-editor, Michele Zarbafian ; camera, Alex Allgood [and 9 others].
Participant/Performer Note:
Narrated by Danny Glover.
Technical Details:
System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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