Puentes de Salud is a volunteer-run clinic that provides free medical care to undocumented immigrants in south Philadelphia. Here, doctors and nurses work for free to serve people who would otherwise fall through the cracks. Clinica de Migrantes, a potent film by Maxim Pozdorovkin, follows the workers and patients of Puentes through months of routine care and growth. Along the way, the film puts a face to the millions of people who exist on the margins of society: people displaced from their homelands, separated from their families, unfamiliar with the customs, unable to obtain health insurance and terrified to come forward to seek medical help. Along with revealing these patient stories, Clinica is also a look at the heroic doctors and nurses who work pro bono to ensure these people receive care, offering a deeply moving look at the limitless potential of humanity.
Direction
Pozdorovkin refuses to exploit—just observes with radical empathy.
Production
39-minute runtime respects your time AND their urgency.
Editing
Seamless weaving of patient journeys without losing individual specificity.
Director
Maxim Pozdorovkin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Puentes de Salud operates in Philadelphia's 'Medical Campus,' blocks from elite hospitals that turn these same patients away.
Director Pozdorovkin previously made 'Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer'—this pivot to quiet observation shows remarkable range.
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