Lungs

Lungs

Take Some Deep Breaths For Me...

7 min · Drama

When a teenage girl is desperately admitted to hospital after contracting an intense new respiratory virus, her doctor grapples with the decision to permit an emergency lung transplant at the risk of causing an outbreak.

Directed by Chanelle Hayden · Written by Braden McDonald

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