Escape Fire

The Event Program

• Introduction

• Movie presentation of Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare

  "A must-see! 'An Inconvenient Truth' for the healthcare debate." – Anthony Kaufman (The Village Voice) ESCAPE FIRE tackles one of the most pressing issues of our time: what can be done to save our broken medical system? The film examines the powerful forces trying to maintain the status quo in a medical industry designed for quick fixes rather than prevention, for profit-driven care rather than patient-driven care. After decades of resistance, a movement to bring innovative high-touch, low-cost methods of prevention and healing into our high-tech, costly system is finally gaining ground. Filmmakers Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke interweave dramatic personal arcs of patients and physicians with the stories of leaders battling to transform healthcare at the highest levels of medicine, industry, government, and even the U.S. military. ESCAPE FIRE is about finding a way out of our current crisis. It’s about saving the health of a nation. SUNDANCE: Grand Jury Prize (Nominated) FULL FRAME: Human Rights Award (Winner) SILVERDOCS: React to Film Social Issue Award (Winner) NEWPORT BEACH: Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking (Winner) Official Site, Facebook Page, Twitter

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• Panel Discussion