The Measure of Care
CARE
A documentary about communities rebuilding healthcare in America.
Across the United States, families, employers, and communities are struggling with the rising cost and complexity of healthcare.
But a quiet transformation is underway.
The Measure of Care is a feature documentary following communities that refused to accept the status quo, and began rebuilding healthcare from the ground up.
Through intimate storytelling and on-the-ground reporting, the film explores how practical, locally driven solutions are restoring trust, improving care, and lowering costs.
The Stories
The film follows three very different communities confronting the healthcare crisis in their own way.
San Carlos Apache Nation — Arizona
After decades of federal control, the San Carlos Apache Tribe took ownership of its healthcare system and is building one of the most innovative tribal health programs in the country.
Orlando — Florida
A hospitality company reimagines healthcare for thousands of employees, bypassing traditional insurance structures to focus on prevention and direct care.
Ashtabula — Ohio
In a Rust Belt community still recovering from decades of economic decline, local leaders search for new models to bring affordable care back within reach.
WHY THIS FILM
The national debate about healthcare often becomes trapped in politics and ideology.
The Measure of Care asks a different question:
What happens when communities take responsibility for care themselves?
Rather than waiting for a national solution, the people in this film are experimenting with practical changes that are already improving lives.
STATUS
Currently in Production
Filming locations include Arizona, Ohio, and Florida, with additional interviews and archival research underway.
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About the Filmmakers
Yuri Makino received a M.F.A. from New York University in Filmmaking and a B.A. with Highest Honors in Film Studies and in German Studies at UC Santa Barbara. Yuri’s award-winning films have screened nationally and internationally, on public television and in museums. She is an Associate Director and Associate Professor in the School of Theatre, Film & Television at the University of Arizona. She has also served the School as Interim Co-Director. Yuri is the recipient of the 2011 Confluence Center Innovation & Collaboration Grant, the 2009 Emerging Artist Grant from the Contemporary Forum at the Phoenix Museum, the 2000 Roy W. Dean Grant, and the 1999 Arizona Commission on the Arts Visual Fellowship.
Christine Ryan Harland has worked in International Film and Television for HBO and other networks for more than twenty years. As the manager for International Programming and Operations at HBO, she was responsible for launching networks in Latin America, South Korea and Eastern Europe. She has worked in all areas of production through her career, including as Director of Interactive Production for WCIU in Chicago, Art Department Coordinator for New Line International in France, and now as the principal of C’est Tout Films, a documentary production company based in Tucson producing branded content and documentary features. She completed her film studies in the United States at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and in France, at ESRA, École Superior Réalisation et Audiovisuel.
Healthcare isn’t broken, it is designed to profit from our sickness.
If we don’t stand up for ourselves the abuse will never stop.
Allen, Marshall. Never Pay the First Bill, Penguin Publishing Group
What’s Next?
Join the movement.
We would like to hear from you. Your stories bring our film to life.
Let’s build momentum so this movement grows and we can finally get what we deserve: better health care that costs less.
Production of our film continues in Alaska, Ohio and Arizona.