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Becoming Family
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Becoming Family

2006-10-07 · 74 min · Not rated

Documentary

Six months after a tsunami hit South Asia on December 26, 2004, Muslim-American and Sri Lankan-born Dr. M. Rahmi Mowjood led a team of American doctors and medical students on a relief trip. While mentoring medical students and aiding injured villagers, Dr. Mowjood also finds a way to ask someone to become a member of his own family.

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Directors
Carl Strecker
Production companies
Typecasting Films
Countries
United States of America
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Released

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M. Rahmi MowjoodSelf
David CaoSelf
Bob ConnollySelf
Kushil GunasekeraSelf
Nuzhath HafsaSelf

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