“Tales From the Organ Trade” World Tour Continues

“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 explores every facet of organ trafficking, reigniting controversial issues that many thought were settled long ago.

Thousands of people die waiting for a kidney. Tens of thousands who have kidneys to sell are prevented by various legislation and condemned to a life of poverty and prostitution. Still others go underground and sell their kidneys without any guarantee of payment or proper aftercare. People are dying and the system is in shambles.

For the first time ever, this film showcases an anatomy of a single black market operation. We gained unprecedented access to all the players. “Tales From the Organ Trade” is not to be missed.

The film is getting its HBO premiere on Monday, November 4, 2013 at 9pm EST. If you miss it, you can catch it on the festival circuit – sometimes Director Bienstock is even present:

Virginia Film Festival, Charlottesville, VA
Friday, November 8, 2013 at 3:45pm at Regal 2 Downtown Mall

http://www.virginiafilmfestival.org/films-and-events/tickets/

Stockholm Film Festival, Stockholm, SE
Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 8:30pm/Friday, November 15, 2013 at 3:30pm/Sunday, November 17, 2013 at 8:30pm at Grand 4
http://www.stockholmfilmfestival.se/sv/festival/2013/film/tales_from_the_organ_trade

St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, MO
Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 6pm at Washington U./Brown

http://www.cinemastlouis.org/venues-and-tickets

Click here to see my recent article “More Proof of the Exodus” on The Times of Israel