AMERICAN DOCTOR is a vérité non-fiction film following three prominent physicians – Palestinian, Jewish and Zoroastrian – friends who couldn’t be more different but are bound by their shared oath to save lives. Dr. Thaer Ahmad is measured and strategic, Dr. Mark Perlmutter is blunt and wears his heart on his sleeve, and Dr. Feroze Sidhwa is media-savvy and prolific. Filmed in unfolding, on-the-ground scenes, the story follows them from a Gazan hospital under siege, to the halls of Congress. Together they fight to keep a promise to their Palestinian colleagues and patients, to continue the struggle where it matters most: the United States.
Directed by Poh Si Teng
Produced by Poh Si Teng, Kirstine Barfod, Reem Haddad
Edited by Christopher White and Ema Ryan Yamazaki
Executive Producers: Simon Kilmurry, Hamza Ali, Poh Si Teng, Rasha Mansouri, Hassan Elmasry, Rami Elghandour, Andreas Dalsgaard, Mehdi Hasan, Juan Pablo Raymond, Kiran Alvi
Directors of Photography: Ibrahim Al Otla (Gaza), Chris Renteria (USA)
Original Music by Suad Bushnaq
Sundance Film Festival World Premiere 2026
CPH:DOX: European Premiere 2026
Other Festivals: SXSW, True/False, Media That Matters, and others coming soon.