Lithuanian sailor Simas Kudirka who jumped from his Soviet ship onto an American boat, pleading for asylum. To his horror, the Americans return him to the Soviets. This is just the start of an extraordinary stranger-than-fiction story, which gathers momentum and twists through media outcry, international human rights demos.

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With exclusive access to one of New York’s hardest hit hospital systems, Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award–winning director Matthew Heineman spotlights the everyday heroes at the epicentre of COVID-19 as they come together to fight one of the greatest threats the world has ever encountered.