Remote Chance: Health Care in Rural America, a digital-first series of short films by award-winning filmmaker Elizabeth Arledge; made possible by the PATH Foundation 
Free Clinic Addresses Urgent Needs in Rural America
Through personal accounts and interviews with patients and volunteers at a free clinic in Tennessee, this film sheds light on critical healthcare challenges facing rural Americans. It tells the stories of people traveling long distances and literally sleeping overnight in their cars to visit Remote Area Medical, a pop-up clinic that offers quality dental, vision, and general medical care at no cost. And it examines the significant disparities in healthcare access for rural residents, and reveals the urgent need to bridge the gap.
About the Series
The pandemic has exacerbated the crisis in rural health care and mental health in America. To raise awareness, educate, reduce stigma, and change the national conversation, Remote Chance: Health Care in Rural America shares a portrait of the disparities in rural and frontier regions of the United States in care and mental health. From lack of services to isolation and ethnic inequities, the series presents facts and figures and short, digital-first films by award-winning filmmaker Elizabeth Arledge to shine a light on this crisis.
Check out these other films, which were made possible by National Alliance on Mental Illness and The Annette Harkins Family Trust.