Premiere in the German-language Realm
Tales from the Organ Trade
by Ric Esther Bienstock
Secondary title
Tales from the Organ Trade
Country / Year
Canada / 2013
Duration
82 Min.
Languages
Russian
Hebrew
English
Tagalog
Subtitles
English
German
Genre
Direction
Ric Esther Bienstock
It is one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine: The saving of a patient by organ transplantation. There is, however, a huge worldwide demand for organs – and not enough donors. Little surprise then, that an extensive black market has developed. In the investigative documentary, we meet the people involved: Doctors, organ dealers, lawyers, patients waiting for an organ, and last but not least, the poverty-stricken people who have little choice but to turn their organs into money. The film reconstructs an illegal organ transplant operation. Beginning with a patient in Toronto, the trail leads back to a middleman in Israel, a doctor hiding in Turkey and ends with a donor in Moldova.