Tales from the Organ Trade
Ric Esther Bienstock / Canada
(82 min)
Arkansas Premiere
Tales from the Organ Trade is a gritty and unflinching descent into the shadowy world of black-market organ trafficking: the street-level brokers, the rogue surgeons, the impoverished men and women who are willing to sacrifice a slice of their own bodies for a quick payday, and the desperate patients who face the agonizing choice of obeying the law or saving their lives.From Manila to Istanbul, from Colorado to Kosovo, from Toronto to Tel Aviv, the film brings to the screen a compelling cast whom fate has brought together where the gift of life meets the shadow of death.
- “Best Sign of the Times” Documentary Edge Film Festival, New Zealand
- “Best Documentary” and “Best Director” DocUtah, St. George Utah,
- Filmmaker attending
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Documentary maker takes on the ethical morass of the organ trade
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