Physician, singer, and director
Candace Bellamy is a family physician, award-winning documentary filmmaker, and recording artist whose work explores identity, belonging, and the stories that shape us. Her film Healer is in national educational distribution. Her next project, Daughters of the Soil, is now in development.
Restoring lives through stories worth telling
Films
2023 • 48 minutes
"You can't be what you can't see."
— Dr. Joycelyn Elders, U.S. Surgeon General
Healer is the story of Dr. Joycelyn Elders, which traces her remarkable life from humble beginnings in the cotton fields of Arkansas to national prominence as the first African American Surgeon General of the United States. The film follows her path from being the first in her family to attend college and medical school, to her controversial tenure as the nation's leading medical voice.
Coming Soon
Daughters of the Soil is rooted in a quiet memory — growing up watching westerns I loved, yet never seeing myself reflected in them. It began with a simple question: Who gets to belong?
From a young age I was drawn to storytelling.
I remember sitting and listening to my grandmother tell stories, watching her eyes light up and hearing her laugh weave through the stories she shared. I didn’t realize at the time the impact her love of storytelling would have on me. Over time, that love of story became my own.
When I chose medicine as a career, that same love of story led me to the specialty of family medicine. The opportunity to build long-term relationships with patients, hearing and understanding their stories, allows for a deeper understanding of how to care for them.
Storytelling also led me to singing and writing songs.
Music
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