Description:
An
unprecedented look into the workings of one of the only health
clinics that serves America's untouchable class—undocumented
immigrants. Clinica de Migrantes is a medical drama about a
year in the life of Puentes, one of the only health clinics in the US
involved in the politically controversial practice of providing
healthcare to undocumented immigrants. By law, illegal immigrants
cannot obtain health insurance, and receive no regular medical
treatment. At Puentes, a team of volunteers led by Dr. Steve Larson
attend to an ever-growing population of housekeepers, prep cooks, and
construction workers. Many come to Puentes after being turned away at
other hospitals. Full of unforgettable patient-doctor interactions
and human portraits, Clinica de Migrantes tells the story of
America’s true untouchable class and of the heroic few who reach
out to help them.
Biography: Maxim
Pozdorovkin is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and media curator. His
documentary Pussy
Riot: a Punk Prayer premiered
at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival where it won a Special Jury Award.
Released theatrically around the world, the film was shortlisted for
an Academy Award. Pozdorovkin holds a PhD from Harvard University and
is currently an artist fellow at Harvard's Society of Fellows. His
first feature film, Capital,
is a modern-day city symphony about the construction of Astana, a
utopian city in the center of Kazakhstan. Pozdorovkin’s film, The
Notorious Mr. Bout,
premiered
at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
