Film Screening Doing What It Takes: Black Folks Getting and Staying Healthy
This event is part of the series Ours to Heal, presented by the Goethe-Institut New York. To see the entire program schedule, please visit the full listing of Ours to Heal programming here.
Pre-order tickets Black communities are disproportionately affected by cancer, heart disease, low birth weight, and infant mortality rates. Facing political, economic, and racial barriers to good health, this video documents the anger and mistrust in the Black community towards the medical establishment based on a history of abuse and lack of access.
Doing What It Takes: Black Folks Getting and Staying Healthy
Dir. Donna Golden
United States, 1994
23 minutes