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Minsk TV – Purple happiness

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Details: Iolanta found out that she had very advanced cancer when she was a teenager. Her parents were told to say their Good-byes. Refusing to accept it, the family started a massive fundraising campaign through the social media, telling her story to the thousands of people. Iolanta got the necessary treatment, recovered, and got a place to study journalism at the University in Minsk. She also published her first book of poems which she was writing while in the hospital. In the interview, Iolanta talks about how she re-asessed what is important in life, her friendships, creativity and what inspires her to write.
Language: Russian
Reporter: Vita Pashkevich
Camera: Mikhail Umpirovich-Demchenko
Editor: Mikhail Umpirovich-Demchenko, Vita Pashkevich
Dateline: Minsk, Belarus – 30/11/2017
Source: Minsk TV 1 / Open Media Hub. This production was supported by OPEN Media Hub with funds provided by the European Union
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