Remote Area Medical

Name: Remote Area Medical
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 28, 2014
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 71

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Cinedigm | Release Date: November 28, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: A documentary on the annual three-day "pop-up" medical clinic organized by the non-profit Remote Area Medical (RAM) in Bristol, Tennessee's NASCAR speedway.

Director: Farihah Zaman and Jeff Reichert

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 81 min

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Calum Marsh

Nov 25, 2014

Reichert and Zaman level a perceptive, justly withering eye at the state of healthcare in the United States, careful to remind, if only implicitly, of the tragedy that necessitates these commendable acts of charity. Read full review

Nick Schager

Dec 3, 2014

The camera tracks every emotional up and down, through tests and surgery, with an unfussy precision that allows the themes to arise naturally. Read full review

Rob Humanick

Nov 26, 2014

Despite the subdued anger and drawn-out suffering on display, the documentary is primarily a work of hope. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Dec 5, 2014

Remote Area Medical is a rare contemporary documentary that is determined to tell by showing. Read full review

John DeFore

Dec 4, 2014

The filmmakers prefer, smartly, to focus on the people in present-tense need, making them not statistics to be debated but human stories. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Dec 4, 2014

Although the documentary can feel like a volunteer instructional video at times, the faces on those who have fallen through the cracks in the system speak volumes. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Nov 28, 2014

Remote Area Medical, a documentary about the nonprofit organization of that name, certainly shows you what they look like, in blunt, tooth-decaying detail. But beyond that, it maddeningly refuses to take a stand or explore the questions it raises. Read full review

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