Director Quits ABC Job to Fund Gaza Healthcare Documentary

Emmy-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng resigned from her ABC executive position and depleted her savings to create a documentary about healthcare workers in Gaza, inspired by the death of a colleague.

21 Aug, 17:53 — 21 Aug, 17:53

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Why ‘American Doctor’ Director Quit Her ABC Executive Job and Drained Her Savings Account to Make a Documentary About Gaza Healthcare Workers

When Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist Poh Si Teng heard the news of her colleague Samer Abu Daqqa being killed by an Israeli drone strike while on assignment back in December 2023, something in her broke. “When it’s your peer, it affects you in a very deep way. And then of course I was living […]

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Director Quits ABC Job to Fund Gaza Healthcare Documentary

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Why ‘American Doctor’ Director Quit Her ABC Executive Job and Drained Her Savings Account to Make a Documentary About Gaza Healthcare Workers

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