The Girl Who Saved My Life

The Girl Who Saved My Life (2016)

February 2nd, 20161h 19min

Documentary
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Overview

When a documentary filmmaker returns to his native Kurdistan to document the refugees fleeing ISIS, he happens upon an abandoned 11-year-old girl lying in pain in the scorching heat and makes a fateful decision, which ends up shaping both their lives.


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