For many people all over the world, organ transplants are desperately needed. Every year thousands of organs are bought and sold on a black market that flourishes especially in developing countries. Ric Esther Bienstock’s film is a timely, nuanced and complex story of the ethical and legal ambiguities surrounding the topic of organ trafficking. What role does economic inequality play in it? Is it easy to break norms and laws under the threat of death?

Content warning: scenes of surgery.