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198720 minPG-13documentary

Aura

198720 minPG-13documentary

Two daughters are arrested alongside their mother for transporting narcotics hidden on their bodies in Turkmenistan during the 1980s.

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Two daughters are arrested alongside their mother for transporting narcotics hidden on their bodies in Turkmenistan during the 1980s.

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Murad Aliyevdirector

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In the underground sewer system of Turkmenistan, sanitary engineers confront the hidden realities of drug addiction and trafficking in the 1980s. A young girl battles her own recovery from addiction, while an Uzbek woman and her two daughters face arrest for smuggling narcotics concealed on their bodies. The film reveals police complicity in trafficking operations linked to Afghan suppliers. Meanwhile, infants are fed milk laced with opium as their mothers work in the fields, illustrating the pervasive impact of this illicit trade.

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