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If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis

Man sitting next to a woman's bedside with a cross on the wall

If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis explores the lives of people living in the rural South with limited or no access to healthcare.

Premiere Date

January 10, 2024

Length

30 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

When Ramin Bahrani was young, he would often accompany his father, a physician, to remote hospitals and clinics throughout North Carolina and Virginia. Now, decades later, rural hospitals around the country are closing at alarming rates, leaving community members without care. If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis is an exploration into the lives of people living in the rural South with limited or no access to healthcare.