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For A Better Life

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Genre: Animation • DC Premiere • Documentary • Women Directors • 2018
Director: Yasmin Mistry
Length: 10 minutes  |  Country of Origin:US

Sold for $100 at the age of 5, Fekri suffers through years of abuse before his plight is discovered. After almost a year of hospitalization and therapy Fekri moves into a group home where he finds support, mentorship, and eventual forgiveness towards the family which sold him.

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