If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis
Rural hospitals around America are closing at alarming rates, leaving communities without care. Oscar and Emmy-nominated director Ramin Bahrani visits Appalachia, where American communities are left with limited or no access to healthcare. Explore the rural healthcare crisis in the South through the eyes of those struggling in it and the dedicated doctors trying to reach them.
Previews + Extras
Herzog Interviews Bahrani | If Dreams Were Lightning
S25 E18 - 21m 12s
Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man; Aguirre, the Wrath of God; Nosferatu the Vampyre) interviews Oscar and Emmy-nominated director Ramin Bahrani (99 Homes; Man Push Cart; Chop Shop) on his Independent Lens documentary If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis.
If Dreams Were Lightning | One Veteran's Story | Clip
S25 E18 - 2m 37s
A clip from the documentary If Dreams Were Lighting by Oscar and Emmy-nominated director Ramin Bahrani.
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