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Clínica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
6.7 / 10• 2016• 39m•G• English
Documentary
Storyline
Puentes de Salud is a volunteer-run clinic that provides free medical care to undocumented immigrants in south Philadelphia. Here, doctors and nurses work for free to serve people who would otherwise fall through the cracks. Clinica de Migrantes, a potent film by Maxim Pozdorovkin, follows the workers and patients of Puentes through months of routine care and growth. Along the way, the film puts a face to the millions of people who exist on the margins of society: people displaced from their homelands, separated from their families, unfamiliar with the customs, unable to obtain health insurance and terrified to come forward to seek medical help. Along with revealing these patient stories, Clinica is also a look at the heroic doctors and nurses who work pro bono to ensure these people receive care, offering a deeply moving look at the limitless potential of humanity.
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Maxim Pozdorovkin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Clínica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
