Exclusive: A First Look At Oprah’s New Documentary ‘The Color Of Care’ Exposing Racial Inequalities In The Health System

ET Canada has an exclusive first look at Oprah Winfrey’s new programme “The Color of Care”. The documentary, set to air on the Smithsonian Channel in Canada on Sunday, May 1, traces the origins of racial health disparities to practices that began during slavery in the U.S.

and continue today during the COVID-19 pandemic. A sneak peek tells the story of Gary Fowler, with his son Keith Gambrell explaining how his father was sick with COVID-19 symptoms in March 2020 and tried to get help in three hospitals, but no one would take him in.

Winfrey shares, “At the height of the pandemic, I read something that stopped me in my tracks. I read a story about Gary Fowler, a Black man that died in his home because no hospital would treat him despite his COVID-19 symptoms. “As we continued to hear how the racial disparities in our country were exacerbated by the effects of the pandemic, I felt something needed to be done. “This film is my way of doing something, with the intention that the stories we share serve as both a warning and foster a deeper understanding of what changes need to take place to better serve us all,” she adds. READ MORE: Oprah Winfrey Pens Essay On Ukraine’s Courage: ‘We Are Witnessing Something Truly Powerful’ A description of the doc reads, “Produced by Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions, [‘The Color of Care’] chronicles how people of colour suffer from systemically substandard healthcare in the United States and how COVID-19 exposed the tragic consequences of these inequities. “Using moving testimony from those who lost loved ones to COVID-19 and frontline medical workers in overwhelmed hospitals, expert interviews and powerful data, the film exposes the devastating toll of racism that is embedded in the