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Co-directed by Matthew Heineman and Academy Award®-nominee Susan Froemke (Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton), Escape Fire looks at a U.S. healthcare system designed to profit on disease...
Oct 5, 2012 · Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare: Directed by Susan Froemke, Matthew Heineman. With Clive Alonzo, Don Berwick, Elizabeth Blackburn, Krystal Bracy. An investigative documentary that uncovers the U.S. healthcare system's true design.
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- Susan Froemke, Matthew Heineman
- 2012-10-05
It's about saving the health of a nation. ESCAPE FIRE exposes the perverse nature of American healthcare, contrasting the powerful forces opposing change with the compelling stories of pioneering leaders and the patients they seek to help.
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare is a 2012 feature-length documentary directed by Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke and released by Roadside Attractions. Escape Fire premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, opened in select
ESCAPE FIRE exposes the perverse nature of American healthcare, contrasting the powerful forces opposing change with the compelling stories of pioneering leaders and the patients they seek to help. The film is about finding a way out. It's about saving the health of a nation.
Oct 3, 2012 · The documentary "Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare" makes this argument with stunning clarity. It argues that American medical treatment is largely focused on getting people into hospitals and giving them drugs, two profit centers that are hugely expensive and supported by massive lobbying campaigns.
A powerful and thought-provoking documentary that exposes the U.S. healthcare system as one designed to profit on disease rather than health. The film interweaves personal stories with the efforts of leaders battling to transform it.
