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  • HBO climbs on 'Pinki's' Smile Train saga

    06/03/2009 5:22:56 AM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 2 replies · 470+ views
    Los Angeles Times ^ | June 2, 2009 | John Lopez
    <p>The documentary's Academy Award win puts it on the cable giant's radar.</p> <p>Sometimes winning an Oscar means more than bigger bucks for your next flick.</p> <p>Once in a while, it can even make the world a better place.</p> <p>That's the case with Megan Mylan, who won the Academy Award in February for her short documentary "Smile Pinki," which follows a young Indian girl and boy, Pinki Sonkar and Ghutaru Chauhan, as Pinki's cleft lip and Ghutaru's cleft palate are repaired. The film was commissioned and funded by the American charity Smile Train, a group that pays local doctors in 75 developing countries to perform the simple surgery that parents of such children rarely know is possible.</p>