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Between Life And Death

53 MIN · EN · STATUS: [ STREAMING ]
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This episode of NTD Television's Zooming In series traces the history of forced organ harvesting in China, starting from what researchers call one of the earliest documented cases in 1975. The film lays out how a lucrative organ transplant trade created financial incentive for Chinese authorities to execute prisoners, including prisoners of conscience, in order to supply organs on demand. Interviews and case documentation build the argument that transplants are often scheduled to match the availability of a living donor slated for execution rather than the reverse, inverting the normal medical timeline. The program walks through the business side of the trade, including pricing and the speed with which matching organs can reportedly be arranged, as evidence that the system operates on a for-profit basis. It won a Certificate of Merit at the 2011 Hugo Television Awards. The film treats this as an ongoing human rights investigation rather than a settled historical account, presenting testimony and documentation for viewers to weigh directly.