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Premiered Sunday, May 1st at 8pm ET on Smithsonian Channel Streaming on demand on Smithsonian Channel Selects on Pluto TV. Premiered Sunday, May 1st at 8pm ET on Smithsonian Channel Streaming on demand on Smithsonian Channel Selects on Pluto TV. Premiered Sunday, May 1st at 8pm ET on Smithsonian Channel Streaming on demand on Smithsonian Channel Selects on Pluto TV. Premiered Sunday, May 1st at 8pm ET on Smithsonian Channel Streaming on demand on Smithsonian Channel Selects on Pluto TV. Premiered Sunday, May 1st at 8pm ET on Smithsonian Channel Streaming on demand on Smithsonian Channel Selects on Pluto TV. Premiered Sunday, May 1st at 8pm ET on Smithsonian Channel Streaming on demand on Smithsonian Channel Selects on Pluto TV. Premiered Sunday, May 1st at 8pm ET on Smithsonian Channel Streaming on demand on Smithsonian Channel Selects on Pluto TV. Premiered Sunday, May 1st at 8pm ET on Smithsonian Channel Streaming on demand on Smithsonian Channel Selects on Pluto TV. Premiered Sunday, May 1st at 8pm ET on Smithsonian Channel Streaming on demand on Smithsonian Channel Selects on Pluto TV.
Premiered Sunday, May 1st at 8pm ET on Smithsonian Channel Streaming on demand on Smithsonian Channel Selects on Pluto TV. Premiered Sunday, May 1st at 8pm ET on Smithsonian Channel Streaming on demand on Smithsonian Channel Selects on Pluto TV. Premiered Sunday, May 1st at 8pm ET on Smithsonian Channel Streaming on demand on Smithsonian Channel Selects on Pluto TV.
THE COLOR OF CARE
ABOUT THE FILM
The Color of Care is a new documentary that traces the origins of racial health disparities to practices that began during slavery in the U.S. and continue today. Using moving testimony from those who lost loved ones to COVID-19 and frontline medical workers in overwhelmed hospitals, it interweaves expert interviews and powerful data to expose the devastating toll of embedded racism in our healthcare system.
The Color of Care is produced by Harpo Productions with executive producers Oprah Winfrey, Terry Wood, and Catherine Cyr. The film is directed by OSCAR®-nominated and Emmy® award-winning director Yance Ford, with producer Kate Bolger. James Blue and Tim Evans are executive producers for Smithsonian Channel, with producer Najma Nuriddin.
Medical Advisory board
The Medical Advisory Board is comprised of top U.S. medical organizations and medical schools who will assist with strategy, content production, promotion, and targeted outreach for film screenings and the impact campaign.
The views and opinions expressed in this film do not reflect the views and opinions of the individual members and affiliated member organizations of the medical advisory board and should not be interpreted as official policies of the membership organizations.
The American Medical Association (AMA) is a professional association of physicians and medical students. Founded in 1847, it is the largest and only national association that convenes 190+ state and specialty medical societies and other critical stakeholders.
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The AAMC leads and serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere. Founded in 1876 and based in Washington, D.C., the AAMC is a nonprofit association dedicated to transforming health through medical education, health care, medical research, and community collaborations.
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An organization that has administered over 100,000 COVID-19 tests and vaccinations and is committed to providing access to exceptional, equitable healthcare at the Dr. Ala Stanford Center for Health Equity.
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Cityblock Health is a transformative, value-based healthcare provider for Medicaid, dually-eligible and lower-income Medicare beneficiaries. We partner with community-based organizations and health plans to deliver medical care, behavioral health, and social services virtually, in-home, and in community-based clinics.
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The BRITE Center’s mission is to support the innovative use of research, science, and policy development to help eliminate disparities in physical and mental health for communities that are traditionally underserved by academic research.
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True to its legacy of access, opportunity and community transformation, the CUNY School of Medicine’s (CUNY SOM) mission is to recruit highly talented students as diverse as the city itself. CUNY SOM places a special emphasis on recruitment of those who are underrepresented in the field of medicine, and on training high quality, culturally competent clinicians equipped to meet the healthcare needs of New York’s medically under-served communities.
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The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences offers a four-year undergraduate medical program leading to the conferral of an MDCM (Medicinæ Doctorem et Chirurgiæ Magistrum) degree. The degree designation reflects the rich history of McGill University as home to Canada's first Faculty of Medicine, and the original distinction between Medicine & Surgery colleges.
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Illumina is improving human health by unlocking the power of the genome. Our focus on innovation has established us as a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, serving customers in the research, clinical and applied markets. Our products are used for applications in the life sciences, oncology, reproductive health, agriculture and other emerging segments.
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Cycle breakers
The Harpo + Smithsonian Channel documentary The Color of Care examines the obvious disparities in medicine and healthcare within Black and Brown communities across the country in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic- and Cycle Breakers is a companion digital series aiming to look forward, inspire and continue that conversation. As it is currently defined- to be a cycle breaker means to stand apart from the family and forge a new path away from the trauma and the heartbreak that keeps spreading over-and-over again. It’s a path of necessity and a path of survival. Cycle Breakers is reframing that definition to confront and address the systemic problems within our healthcare system and forge a new path. This series will highlight change makers who are disrupting the system head on and challenging the status quo with new and exciting platforms and organizations that address healthcare inequity and bias in underserved communities.
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HOST A SCREENING
The Color of Care may be available to medical, community, educational, and advocacy groups to screen for free. Please fill out the request form to see if your group is eligible. If so, we’ll provide the film and an accompanying discussion guide to further engage your audience around this important issue.