Variety · Entertainment · 2026-08-21
Why ‘American Doctor’ Director Quit Her ABC Executive Job and Drained Her Savings Account to Make a Documentary About Gaza Healthcare Workers
When Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist Poh Si Teng heard the news of her colleague Samer Abu Daqqa being killed by an Israeli drone strike while on assignment back in December 2023, something in her broke. “When it’s your peer, it affects you in a very deep way. And then of course I was living […] "American Doctor" director Poh Si Teng breaks down her documentary about healthcare workers
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