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The Body Parts Business
19941 h 3 min 17 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Judy Jackson
Production: Judy JacksonMichael AllderMarie NatansonDennis MurphyMark StarowiczJohn BlakeRosalind BainArmorer WassonDavid Adams
Script: Judy Jackson
Co-produced by Alma Productions (Ontario) Inc., the NFB, the CBC and the British Broadcasting Corporation.
This film follows Bruce Harris, international children's rights activist, as he investigates the illicit trafficking of body parts in Latin America and Russia. People, mostly children, are said to be kidnapped and quickly operated on, disappearing without a trace. When they do reappear, some are dead and others are missing organs.
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Subject categories
- Health and Medicine > Babies and Children
- Developing Countries > Central America and the CaribbeanHealth and IllnessSocial ProblemsSouth AmericaYouth
- Law and Crime > CrimesMurder
- Children and Youth > Health and SafetyLiving ConditionsYouth of the World
Credits
- director
- Judy Jackson
- writer
- Judy Jackson
- producer
- Judy Jackson
- Michael Allder
- Marie Natanson
- executive producer
- Dennis Murphy
- Mark Starowicz
- John Blake
- associate producer
- Rosalind Bain
- Armorer Wasson
- David Adams
- cinematography
- Noel Smart
- Savas Kalogeras
- Sergei Astakov
- sound
- Mel Marr
- Louis Marion
- Leonid Gavrichienko
- editing
- Michael Fuller
- sound editing
- Michael Fuller
- Craig Webster
- sound mixer
- Shelley Craig
- narrator
- Bruce Harris
- music
- Ezra Etsmon
Awards
- Robert Townsend Award - prix spécial pour avoir mis certains problèmes sociaux en lumièreItinerant - International CINDY Competition
- Gold CINDY Award - Category: Television documentaryItinerant - International CINDY Competition
- Bronze Apple Award - Category: Domestic and International ConcernsNational Educational Media Network Competition
- Silver Medal - Category: Best Investigative Report (longform)The New York Festivals / Festival Competition
- Social Studies CommendationItinerant - CAVE (Catholic Audio-Visual Educators) Media Festival
- Honorable Mention - Category: Health and Medecine International Film and Video Festival