Watermelon Pictures Offers Free 'American Doctor' Tickets to Healthcare Workers in LA and Chicago

Watermelon Pictures is offering complimentary tickets to doctors, nurses, physician assistants, EMTs and medical students for screenings of the documentary "American Doctor" in Los Angeles and Chicago, per Deadline (18 August 2026). The LA screening ran at 1 pm on a Sunday; Chicago follows at the Music Box on 26 August at 6:30 pm. Registration is via watermelon.pics. Distributors typically court critics or awards voters with free screenings; Watermelon is targeting the profession the film depicts. Directed by Poh Si Teng, "American Doctor" follows three U.S. physicians who volunteered in Gaza.