When it rains it pours: after yesterday's post about Abundant, here's a trailer for another movie about kidney donation, from the point of view of one donor, who directed the film:
Confessions of a Good Samaritan, Penny Lane
"What do we owe our neighbor?
Director Penny Lane’s decision to become a “good Samaritan” by giving one of her kidneys to a stranger turns into a funny and moving personal quest to understand the nature of altruism. Confessions of a Good Samaritan is a provocative inquiry into the science, history, and ethics of organ transplantation, asking an ancient question in a whole new way: Who is your neighbor, and what do you owe them?
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And here is a podcast (and transcript) in which Russ Roberts interviews the director:
Give Away a Kidney? Are You Crazy? (with filmmaker Penny Lane)
"After filmmaker Penny Lane decided to donate a kidney to a stranger, it took three years and a complex, often infuriating, sometimes terrifying process to make it happen. Along the way, being a filmmaker, she eventually decided to chronicle her experience and explore the question: How can a choice that seems so obvious to the donor seem so strange to everyone else? Listen as she tells EconTalk's Russ Roberts what she learned, what's still a mystery, and what she hopes we'll all take away from her story."
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