Crystal R. Emery: Exposing Racism in Healthcare as America’s Most Lethal Pandemic
What makes COVID-19 even deadlier? Racism in medicine. NYWIFT member Crystal R. Emery’s documentary The Deadliest Disease in America traces the history of racism in American health care from the brutal medical experimentation forced upon enslaved peoples to the modern-day inequity in fatality rates and access to treatment experienced by people of color during the pandemic.
READ MORENYWIFT Member Crystal R. Emery’s THE DEADLIEST DISEASE IN AMERICA Screens May 7th
Intended to reduce systemic negligence creating barriers of access to health care, Producer/ Director Crystal R. Emery will livestream her documentary film, The Deadliest Disease in America on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 7PM ET on Streamyard, YouTube and Facebook Live – with a special film introduction by Broadcast Journalist Soledad O’Brien.
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Nicole Kidman, Band Aid, Crystal Emery
Nicole Kidman: Nicole Kidman, who stars in Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled, has pledged to work with a woman director every 18 months. Band Aid: Here are two great interviews, from The New York Times and Lenny Letter, with actor/director Zoe Lister-Jones, who explains her decision to hire an all-women crew for Band Aid. Crystal Emery:...
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