Movies
Smile Pinki
- December 31, 2008
- 39 min.
- Documentary
- United States
Pinki is a five-year-old girl from a village in the Mirzapur District, India, born into a desperately poor family, and with a cleft lip. Pinki never realized that this condition required just one simple operation until she met Pankaj, a social worker traveling from village to village gathering patients to go to hospital in Varanasi that provides free surgery to thousands each year. This real-world fairy tale follows its protagonist journey to a dream smile from isolation and shame.
Original title: Smile Pinki
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Academy Awards #81 - 2009
Award | People | Status |
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Best Documentary Short Film | Megan Mylan | Winner |
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