When there is out of breath, an invitation to get to know the Unified Health System
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https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v17i2.3759Keywords:
Health communication, Covid-19, Unified Health System, Motion pictures, BrazilAbstract
This review analyzes the movie Quando falta o ar (When there is out of breath), by Ana Petta and Helena Petta (Brazil, 2021). The documentary shows the daily work of workers involved in the Brazilian public health system during the covid-19 pandemic. With a focus on care and revealing the human face of the collective struggle, the film highlights the intersection between health, religiosity, inequality and structural racism in different regions of Brazil; at the same time, it is associated in form and content with the doctrinal principles of the SUS – Sistema Único de Saúde (Unified Health System): universality, equity and integrality. With its broadcast on cinema screens and on streaming platforms, the documentary plays a key role in communicating about the SUS, present in all 5.570 Brazilian municipalities and of which more than 160 million of people depend on exclusively in order to access the health services.
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