Indian Film Focuses on Cleft Lips and Palates

Filmmaker Megan Mylan won an Oscar last month for her short documentary "Smile Pinki," about a girl in India whose cleft lip and palate are fixed by surgery. The Oscar recognized the filmmaker, but more important, it helped raised awareness that children born with these deformities can be easily  cured. VOA's Penelope Poulou has more.

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