Poh Si Teng has worked as a journalist and is an Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award–winning filmmaker. Her latest film is American Doctor.

August 18, 2026

Poh Si Teng

A still from the 2026 documentary film, American Doctor.

What American Doctor Saw in Gaza's Hospitals

The director of American Doctor talks to Jacobin about her documentary on three US volunteer physicians who worked in a besieged Gaza hospital — and the wall of disbelief that met them when they came home and told others what they saw.