OFFICIAL SELECTION - Hot Docs International Film Festival | BEST FEATURE - Newburyport Documentary Film Festival
Rural Healthcare • Human Rights • Medical Care in AmericaDate of Completion: 2023 | Run Time: 85 minutes | Language: English | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript | Director, Producer, Cinematographer & Editor: Matthew Hashiguchi | Producer: Anjanette Levert | Sound Mixing: Billy Wirasnik | Music Composition: Buck St. Thomas
Dr. Karen Kinsell is the only doctor in all of Clay County, Georgia, one of the poorest and unhealthiest rural regions in the state. Her clinic has served the most vulnerable in her community for over 22 years, but now faces bankruptcy. Despite not drawing a personal salary, Kinsell must now weigh retiring against serving her patients. When a Hail Mary offer arrives from a medical university, a fully equipped health center is proposed. But Kinsell makes affordability and access her personal red lines of the potential sale. An impending state election and the outbreak of COVID add more uncertainty, reminding Kinsell of how much is riding on the fine print. Straight-talking and downright inspirational, THE ONLY DOCTOR presents a modern David-versus-Goliath healthcare story that might just restore your faith in humanity.
AWARDS
Best Feature | Newburyport Documentary Film Festival
Documentary Feature Award of Merit | University Film and Video Conference
Jury Special Mention | Atlanta Film Festival
Georgia Feature Award | Atlanta Film Festival
FESTIVALS
Hot Docs International Film Festival (World Premiere)
Atlanta Film Festival (Preview Screening)
International Documentary Film Festival Flahertiana
Morehouse Human Rights Film Festival
Louisville International Festival of Film
Buffalo International Film Festival
Rome International Film Festival
NHdocs: the New Haven Documentary Film Festival
Twin Cities Film Fest
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SCREENINGS
Emory University
Plaza Atlanta
The B-Side, Roswell Cultural Arts Center
Aurora Theatre
Doctober at the Mary Pickford Center
Hapeville Historic Christ Church
Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
Hearn Stage, Kress Theater
Delta State University | Bologna Performing Arts Center
Third World Newsreel at the City College of New York
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Burrow Museum at Wallace State Community College
McKissick Theater, Hendrix Student Center at Clemson University
D. H. Hill Jr. Library at NC State University
a/perture cinema
Jengo's Playhouse
For the complete list of screenings, visit the website.