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Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare

Critics' Pick

(No longer in theaters)

Rating: PG-13 — for some thematic material
Director: Susan Frömke, Matthew Heineman
Running Time: 95 minutes
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Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare

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Genre

Documentary

Distributor

Roadside Attractions

Release Date

Oct 5, 2012

Release Notes

Limited

Official Website

www.escapefiremovie.com

Review

Despairing and urgent, this cohesive documentary tackles the problem of American health care by focusing on its tendency to manage (and mismanage) disease through medication and expensive treatments instead of encouraging prevention through changes in lifestyle, diet, and alternative therapies.