The Only Doctor tells a contemporary story of rural healthcare in the United States as it centers on Dr. Karen Kinsell, who for nearly 20 years has been the only doctor in a Southwest Georgia county.

The film begins when Dr. Kinsell comes to the realization that she can no longer afford to full-time volunteer as the only doctor in rural Clay County, Georgia. But ever committed to her community, she looks to forge a partnership with a medical university in order to keep her clinic open. Then the pandemic arrives, creating new challenges, but also opportunities and new decisions.

Shot over several years, the film turns into a David and Goliath story, featuring a small town doctor and a powerful medical university, revealing the inequities of rural healthcare and how money, politics and convenience determines who does and does not receive medical care.

Join us to see this film, and hear from director Mathew Hashiguchi and producer Anjanette Levert (CCNY grad) Tuesday, Oct 17th at 6:30 PM at City College.  Light refreshments.

#1 to 137th Street, ABCD to 145th Street. Shepard Hall Room 291. Questions to workshop@twn.org

“This film should give pause to United States citizens that this is happening to our fellow country persons,” said Producer Anjanette Levert. “The film is overall about healthcare for poor people with nods to other issues like mental health, addiction, rural resources, inequality and mobility.”

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