The Doctor’s Wife Screening at Maorilands Film Festival

After retiring from a distinguished career as a cardiac surgeon in New Zealand, Dr Alan Kerr led a Kiwi team to Gaza and Ramallah to operate on children with heart disease. What started as a two week mission became an enduring 20 year commitment to Palestine, involving 40 medical missions to Gaza and the Westbank and hundreds of operations. Dr Kerr recognised the need for, and was instrumental in the establishment of, an independent Palestinian cardiac unit. He trained the first Palestinian female paediatric cardiac surgeon and has been recognised as the ‘Father of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery' in Palestine. However, he couldn't have achieved this on his own. His wife, Hazel Kerr, travelled with him - bringing a different kind of healing to the people she met in Palestine.

The film will Screen on Sunday 30th March at 2pm at the Memorial Hall in Otaki as part of the Maorilands Film Festival grab your tickets here. This film was made entirely by fundraising, donations and support in kind. Thank you to everyone who supported us.