'American Doctor' Director Poh Si Teng & Physicians

Hey, this is John Ridley.

And Matt Carey.

Documentary editor at Deadline.com.

And this is a very, very special episode of DocTalk.

It's special for any number of reasons.

We're very fortunate to be at the opening night of the American Cinematheque Friend of the Festival.

I want to, if it's okay, I want to start by thanking the American Cinematheque.

Yes, thank you so

much.

Please feel free to applaud.

Yeah, we're thrilled to be here.

I'm thankful to all of you for coming out and seeing this film and hopefully more films in person.

Want to quick thank our team at 42 West who helps put this all together.

And very sincerely, thank you, Matt Carey.

We're going to start our fourth year, which is like insane of Doc Talk.

Did I even mention the name of the podcast?

You did.

And it's just been a pleasure.

And I'm what folks have put together with DocTalk has been amazing.

So for folks who listen to it, thank you very much, I appreciate it.

But we're here for a very special- Yeah,

without further ado, we're so thrilled to be joined by the director of American Doctor, Posey Tang.

Ah, standing ovation, wow.

That's amazing.

And we are thrilled to have the three physicians from the film.

We have Dr.

Mark Perlmutter,

Dr. Thayer Ahmad, and Dr. Pharoah Sidwa.

Welcome.

Thank you for that beautiful reception to such a powerful film and a tribute to the work you've done, Poe, and to the doctors.