Está Todo Bien
For decades Venezuela has prided itself on having one of the best public health systems in South America. The economic downfall has led, among other things, to the collapse of the health care system. Severe shortages of medicine, a dramatic increase in infant mortality, the reappearance of once-eradicated diseases like diphtheria, and a shortage of doctors is now an everyday experience for patients. Most doctors, like millions of other people, have left the country. Caracas-born filmmaker Tuki Jencquel asks a pharmacist, trauma surgeon, activist and two patients the same questions millions of Venezuelans face: protest or acquiesce, emigrate or remain, lose hope or hang onto faith?
Born in Caracas, Tuki Jencquel holds a BA in Film and TV from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and an MBA from IESA, Venezuela. He was the first assistant director on Secrets of the Tribe, by Jose Padilha, and has worked as an assistant director in film and advertising. He is currently working on his next documentary, an intimate portrait of his mother, who campaigns to legalize euthanasia in France.