The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution

56mDirected by Charles Burnett, Daniel Loewenthal

• Documentary

Tells the 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.