SALVADOR QUESTIONS THE BOUNDARIES OF MEDICAL ETHICS…
Salvador is a compelling story of a Doctor torn between saving her patient’s life by acquiring a black-market kidney, or losing him due to the lack of legal organs available to medical institutions. In a desperate act to save the young boy’s life, she helps facilitate an illegal organ donation from a third world country and is haunted by its implications.
This film brings awareness of the stress and anguish surrounding those waiting for an organ transplant. Salvador also questions the boundaries of medical ethics and the harrowing problem of illegal organ trafficking.
** At the time Salvador was filmed there were 114,000 people in the U.S. waiting for an organ transplant to save their lives.
Directed by Manuel Paz Ochoa
Producers Debora Habsburg and Manuel Paz Ochoa
Co-Produced by Lumane Pictures and Pollination Pictures
Short Film – 12:16 Minutes
Drama
Emotional – Reflective – Daunting
Awards & Nominations