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The School of Public Health and Health Sciences and Office of Equity and Inclusion invite the UMass Amherst community to a screening of “Faces of Medicine,” an independent documentary created and directed by Dr. Khama Ennis, M.D., M.P.H., assistant medical director of University Health Services (UHS), Thurs., Oct. 3, from 4-6 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. A Q&A session with Dr. Ennis, who is also the project’s executive producer, will follow. The event is free and open to the public.

“Faces of Medicine” is a documentary project celebrating the paths of some of the Black women who represent only 2.8% of physicians in the United States. This episode features Massachusetts stories as the filmmakers aim to change the expectation of what our doctors look like and who our physicians are. These are the paths of some of the amazing people who are taking care of all of us. The documentary shares their journeys, successes and struggles while reflecting on the allies and challengers who got them where they are.

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Dr. Ennis spent 20 years as an emergency physician, including five years as the chief and medical director of the Cooley Dickinson Hospital Emergency Department. She has since shifted her focus towards health equity and integrative health. She developed “Faces of Medicine” to demonstrate the need for diverse representation in medicine, starting with increasing the numbers of Black female physicians.

More details about the film and Dr. Ennis can be found on the SPHHS website.

For a film preview and more information, visit facesofmedicine.org.