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MOVIES, FILMS, and DOCUMENTARIES RELATED TO SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Updated December 11, 2015, Sorted alphabetically by film title,

Film Title, Year, Description, Link to watch trailer, find out more, or buy copy of film.

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	Finding Home, 2014 There Are Millions Of Children Trapped In Slavery. They Are All Searching For Home. From the film’s home page “Finding Home is a unique documentary about trafficking, as the stories go far beyond the actual trafficking experiences. Finding Home shows in depth the struggle, growth, and challenges that come with trying to pick a life back up after it has been fragmented. Each of these three young women has a unique story with unique hurdles to overcome. The difficulties and complexities of learning how to deal with life after horrific abuse by slave owners and men looking to exploit sex with underage girls are unpacked in a way that communicates cross-culturally and proves the connectivity in the human spirit. Finding Home reminds us that we are all connected in our humanity; that we are all looking for a place of love, acceptance and community…a place called home.”
	Import/Export, 2007 A nurse from the Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. see a trailer at the film’s official UK web site buy it at Amazon
	Sands of Silence: Waves of Courage, 2016 – The film that gives courage to speak out against sexual violence. Sands of Silence Official Trailer English 2:30 min from Chelo Alvarez-Stehle on Vimeo. Watch trailer at the filmmaker’s web site “A 15-year quest to expose the underworld of sexual exploitation and trafficking from Asia to the Americas leads world-reporter Chelo Alvarez-Stehle to the windswept beach where her childhood ended and family secrets began. As she documents the transformation of sex-trafficking survivor Virginia Isaias—a Mexican American woman whose past is engulfed in a cycle of sexual exploitation—into an inspiring advocate committed to break that pattern, Chelo undertakes a parallel journey of healing and introspection as she sets out to shatter the silence about abuse in her own life.”
	Niña Quebrada, 2008 About Diana Romero, writer and producer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlJ3ot4Ploo

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	ALL MOVIES – SORTED ALPHABETICALLY BY TITLE
	10 Seconds – a film about the DEMAND side of human trafficking, 2011 see a trailer, rent, or buy it on the filmmaker’s web site “10 Seconds is a non-profit short film about the demand side of human trafficking in the context of sex addiction. It tells the story of Gilbert Horn, a successful business and family man with a deep dark secret. His obsession leads him to lie to those around him, betray his wife and enslave innocent girls. As he struggles with temptation, he is desperate for intervention to save him from self-destructing. 10 Seconds is a story of a sex addict and a sex slave.”
	Amazing Grace– 2006, Ioan Griffudd, Albert Finney From the Amazing Grace Movie website “Ioan Gruffudd plays William Wilberforce, who, as a Member of Parliament, navigated the world of 18th Century backroom politics to end the slave trade in the British Empire. Albert Finney plays John Newton, a confidante of Wilberforce who inspires him to pursue a life of service to humanity. Benedict Cumberbatch is William Pitt the Younger, England’s youngest ever Prime Minister at the age of 24, who encourages his friend Wilberforce to take up the fight to outlaw slavery and supports him in his struggles in Parliament. Elected to the House of Commons at the age of 21, and on his way to a successful political career, Wilberforce, over the course of two decades, took on the English establishment and persuaded those in power to end the inhumane trade of slavery.” Get the DVD and find out more at Amazing Grace Movie IMDB page on Amazing Grace Buy it at Amazon
	Black Gold – 2006. A film by Nick and Marc Francis Preview, stream, or buy a DVD at Black Gold movie “As westerners revel in designer lattes and cappuccinos, impoverished Ethiopian coffee growers suffer the bitter taste of injustice. In this eye-opening expose of the multi-billion dollar industry, Black Gold traces one man’s fight for a fair price.”
	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta’s Red Light Kids – 2004, THINKFilm, movie info at Kids-With-Cameras.org. Born into Brothels, by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski, is the winner of the 77th annual Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, Born into Brothels is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red light district of Calcutta, where their mothers work as prostitutes. Zana Briski, a New York-based photographer, gives each of the children a camera and teaches them to look at the world with new eyes. Carl’s Note: I loved watching this movie. I found it impossible not to smile as I felt like I got to know the kids who were the student filmmakers. Having spent time with kids from families in economic crisis, I could relate to the futility that Zana felt when other heartbreaking forces pulled the kids away from the opportunities they were presented with. It reminds me that even with dedicated, creative, loving, respectful people like Zana, helping children step out of poverty is not easy or guaranteed. The social patterns – internal and external – that got them there are complicated to reverse, and there are no easy answers. But I respect Zana’s willingness to try SOMETHING, and to maintain commitment to something hard. I dare you to watch this movie and not feel your heart tugged by the kids.
	Call + Response– Madeleine Albright, Daryl Hannah – 2008, Fair Trade Pictures. From Call + Response “CALL+RESPONSE is a first of its kind feature documentary film that reveals the world’s 27 million dirtiest secrets: there are more slaves today than ever before in human history. CALL+RESPONSE goes deep undercover where slavery is thriving from the child brothels of Cambodia to the slave brick kilns of rural India to reveal that in 2009, Slave Traders made more money than Google, Nike and Starbucks combined. Luminaries on the issue such as Cornel West, Madeleine Albright, Daryl Hannah, Julia Ormond, Ashley Judd, Nicholas Kristof, and many other prominent political and cultural figures offer first hand account of this 21st century trade. Performances from Grammy-winning and critically acclaimed artists including Moby, Natasha Bedingfield, Cold War Kids, Matisyahu, Imogen Heap, Talib Kweli, Five For Fighting, Switchfoot, members of Nickel Creek and Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers, Rocco Deluca move this chilling information into inspiration for stopping it.” Buy a DVD kit to host a home screening at Call + Response See movie info at yahoo.com.
	Cargo: Innocence Lost – 2008, Michael Cory Davis (from the Cargo: Innocence Lost website) A compelling documentary, Cargo: Innocence Lost, unveils the dark underworld of sex trafficking through compelling interviews with some of the country’s top officials on the subject, victims’ advocates and victims themselves, who were rescued in Texas. Award-winning director and writer, Michael Cory Davis (Svetlana’s Journey, Hollywood Film Festival 2005 winner, best short), makes his second directorial foray into this must-see, thought-provoking film that is interwoven with a raw, intense narrative based on numerous true stories from victims of the sex trade. Cargo: Innocence Lost explores how the business of sex trafficking has become a $9 billion dollar a year industry and why it still remains a shrouded crime in our nation. Buy it or watch it at Cargo: Innocence Lost
	A Dance for Bethany– 2007, Robin Lively. IMDB – A Dance for Bethany Watch a trailer of A Dance for Bethany A Dance for Bethany tells an inspiring and compelling story of how one woman risks everything to help a sex trafficked victim out of the world of slavery and into a world with a future and a hope of fulfilling a childhood dream of becoming a real dancer. The fictional Bethany Stevenson is iconic as a 12-year-old runaway forced into sex slavery as a stripper/prostitute. The film chronicles the struggle of reporter Abbey Fisher to free her own self from the bondage of a politically correct and comfortable lifestyle.
	The Dark Side of Chocolate– 2010 From IMDB: A team of journalists investigate how human trafficking and child labor in the Ivory Coast fuels the worldwide chocolate industry. The crew interview both proponents and opponents of these alleged practices, and use hidden camera techniques to delve into the gritty world of cocoa plantations. Plot summary written by Andrew McGraw-Herdeg Buy a DVD at Not For Sale Watch it online at Documentary Heaven
	The Day My God Died – 2003, Andrew Levine. Narrated by Tim Robbins, Wynona Ryder – IMDB info and cast – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376559/fullcredits#cast. Summary The Day My God Died is a feature-length documentary that presents the stories of young girls whose lives have been shattered by the child sex trade. They describe the day they were abducted from their village and sold into sexual servitude as, “The Day My God Died. ”The film provides actual footage from the brothels of Bombay, known even to tourists as “The Cages,” captured with “spy camera” technology. It weaves the stories of girls, and their stolen hopes and dreams, into an unforgettable examination of the growing plague of child sex slavery.
	Dreams Die Hard – Free The Slaves http://freetheslaves.madebysurvivors.com/product-p/fts3ddh.htm Kevin Bales, author of numerous books on modern slavery, recommended this documentary by Free the Slaves in his comment on one of my posts: “I’m also rather proud of our new 30 minute film about slavery in America today – it is called Dreams Die Hard, and it just won the Grand Prize at the Telluride Film Festival. You can watch it on-line at our website, or order a DVD copy.”
	Finding Home, 2014 There Are Millions Of Children Trapped In Slavery. They Are All Searching For Home. From the film’s home page “Finding Home is a unique documentary about trafficking, as the stories go far beyond the actual trafficking experiences. Finding Home shows in depth the struggle, growth, and challenges that come with trying to pick a life back up after it has been fragmented. Each of these three young women has a unique story with unique hurdles to overcome. The difficulties and complexities of learning how to deal with life after horrific abuse by slave owners and men looking to exploit sex with underage girls are unpacked in a way that communicates cross-culturally and proves the connectivity in the human spirit. Finding Home reminds us that we are all connected in our humanity; that we are all looking for a place of love, acceptance and community…a place called home.”
	Flesh: The Movie – A documentary about sex trafficking in the U.S. Kristin Ross Lauterbach, Director.  Christina Lee Storm, Producer. Purchase a copy at Flesh: The Movie
	Free The Slaves -Documentary Videos– view the Free The Slaves collection of documentaries at their site. As of August 2012, these were the documentaries listed: Removing Slavery from Product Supply Chains Slavery in Your Pocket: The Congo Connection Triggering Hope Dreams Die Hard Slavery: A Global Investigation Freedom and Beyond The Silent Revolution Go to the Free The Slaves web site, Click on “Our Work”, Click on “Films”, Click on “Documentaries” (they move their links around occasionally, so you may need to search)
	Half the Sky– 2012. Nicholas Kristof, Somaly Mam, America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle Union and Olivia Wilde from the Half the Sky page Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide is a four-hour television series for PBS and international broadcast, shot in 10 countries: Cambodia, Kenya, India, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Liberia and the U.S. Inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s book, the documentary series introduces women and girls who are living under some of the most difficult circumstances imaginable — and fighting bravely to change them. Traveling with intrepid reporter Nicholas Kristof and A-list celebrity advocates America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle Union and Olivia Wilde, the film reflects viable and sustainable options for empowerment and offers an actionable blueprint for transformation. buy a DVD at Amazon find out more about the Half the Sky movement
	Holly– 2006, Ron Livingston, Chris Penn, Thuy Nguyen. Priority Films (first of three in The K11 Project) Carl’s note: Holly is a fictional story, so it’s a little easier to stomach than some of the documentaries in this list. Also, Holly spares us from some of the raw brutality of human trafficking, though not all of it. Be prepared to be disturbed at times. Patrick, Ron Livingston’s character, is unaware of what he’s getting into, so he’s takes us with him on his innocent journey of discovery about the complications of human trafficking. Yeah, it’s not all realistic, but I don’t get the impression that any of the fictionalized parts of the story will hurt the cause of fighting human trafficking. Some need info from documentaries. Others need fiction, and this is a good starting source for those people. From Wikipedia: “Patrick (Ron Livingston), an American card shark and dealer of stolen artifacts, has been ‘comfortably numb’ in Cambodia for years, when he encounters Holly (Thuy Nguyen), a 12-year-old Vietnamese girl, in the K11 red light village. The girl has been sold by her impoverished family and smuggled across the border to work as a prostitute. Holly’s virginity makes her a lucrative prize, and when she is sold to a child trafficker, Patrick embarks on a frantic search through the both beautiful and sordid faces of the country, in an attempt to bring her to safety. Harsh, yet poetic, this feature forms part of the ‘K-11’ Project, utilizing mass media to raise awareness of the global child trafficking epidemic. The producers are executing the K-11 Project in conjunction with their non-profit, the Redlight Children Campaign, which is a worldwide grassroots initiative generating conscious concern and inspiring immediate action against child sexploitation.” Buy a DVD at http://priorityfilms.com/holly.php IMDB info and cast – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419815/
	Human Trafficking – 2005, Mira Sorvino, Donald Sutherland, – IMDB info and cast – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461872/fullcredits#cast From IMDB and Echo Bridge Home Entertainment When a sixteen-year-old girl from the Ukraine, a single mother from Russia, an orphaned seventeen-year-old girl from Romania, and a twelve-year-old American tourist become the victims of international sex slave traffickers, a specialized team of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) struggles to expose the worldwide network that has enslaved them. From the Not For Sale 2011 Global Forum bio page Mira Sorvino has won an Academy Award, the Golden Globe Award, the Critics’ Choice Award, the National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics Circle citations, among other honors, for her performance in Woody Allen’s “Mighty Aphrodite.” Having supported the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime(UNODC)’s anti-trafficking initiatives since 2007.
	Import/Export, 2007 A nurse from the Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. see a trailer at the film’s official UK web site buy it at Amazon
	It’s a Girl!– 2012 from the It’s a Girl! film – official site In India, China and many other parts of the world today, girls are killed, aborted and abandoned simply because they are girls. The United Nations estimates as many as 200 million girls are missing in the world today because of this so-called “gendercide”. The film tells the stories of abandoned and trafficked girls, of women who suffer extreme dowry-related violence, of brave mothers fighting to save their daughters’ lives, and of other mothers who would kill for a son. Global experts and grassroots activists put the stories in context and advocate different paths towards change, while collectively lamenting the lack of any truly effective action against this injustice. more info, find a screening, buy a dvd, read a full synopsis at It’s a Girl! film site
	The Jammed– 2007.  “Welcome to the best Australian film of the year” – Jim Schembri, The Age From The Jammed website “A young Melbourne woman, Ashley Hudson, reluctantly agrees to help a Chinese mother search for her missing daughter. Hooked on caffeine and bored with her job and loveless life, Ashley is unwittingly drawn into the darker edges of this sophisticated cityscape, to women – sometimes under-age girls – working as sex slaves. Brought in by human trafficking syndicates to work as prostitutes in debt bondage, these are the modern sex slaves of Australia that are then conveniently deported when they hit their ‘used by date’. As the story unravels, the sinister workings of illegal prostitution and governmental deportation is filled with twists and surprises. This is not an imaginary world, and Ashley also learns the hard way that maybe not everyone wants to be rescued.” The Jammed IMDB
	The K11 Journey (in production as of August 2012) – Priority Films The third film in the K11 Project (also Holly and Redlight) Produced by Priority Films, the K11 Project is the most comprehensive film project about child trafficking and child sexual exploitation to date.   The name itself derives from a district in Phnom Penh called Svay Pak, which is also known as Kilometre 11 or K11, and is internationally known for the high number of brothels located that exploit not only young Vietnamese and Cambodian women but also children as young as five.   Guy Jacobson, the President of Priority Films, was decided to produce the K11 Project after an eye opening sabbatical in Cambodia and his encounter with a group of 5 to 7 year old girls in Phnom Penh, whom aggressively tried to solicit me for prostitution. As of today, two of the three films which make up the K11 project have been completed; the final film, entitled The K11 JOURNEY, a reflective documentary on the filmmakers experiences making the first two films, is currently in production. (from RedlightChildren)
	Kayan Beauties – Far from home and out of their element, a race to find one of their own. Synopsis from the Kayan Beauties web site Three Kayan women decide to travel from their remote village in the Kayah State of Myanmar to sell handicrafts in the distant city of Taunggyi, in the Shan State. They are accompanied by a Kayan girl, who has just had the tribe’s decorative, brass rings placed around her neck. In Taunggyi, the girl is kidnapped by human traffickers. Far from home and out of their element, the Kayan women desperately search for the girl. view trailer
	Lilya 4-Ever-2002 (Lilja 4-ever) original title From Lilya 4-Ever at IMDB Lilya, 16 lives in Estonia, and dreams of traveling abroad to find a new life.  Abandoned by her mother, who goes to the U.S. without her, Lilya turns to prostitution.  She falls in love with Andrei, and he lures her to Sweden with empty promises.  Steadily, Lilya’s life unravels and she becomes trapped in commercial sexploitation.
	Magnificent Girl – 2013 (in development as of July 2012). A film about the unlikely friendship between a troubled family from Harlem and a woman from Moldova who narrowly escapes the sex trade. Here’s a description from the website for Junto Box Films: Magnificent Girl is the story of a young mother who leaves Moldova for a nanny job in NYC only to narrowly escape the sex trade. Desperate to get back to her daughter, she journeys through the city where she finds herself mixed up in the lives of a troubled family. Follow developments through Twitter @MagnificentGrl More about the film at Magnificent Girl
	Maria Full of Grace – 2004, Catalina Sandino Moreno. This film is more about drug trafficking than human trafficking, though the economic pressures and family & social dynamics are similar.  Still, this Berlin and Sundance Film Festival award winner is powerful. Here’s a description from New Line Cinema’s web site: The film tells the story of one young woman’s journey from a small Colombian town to the streets of New York. A bright, spirited 17-year old, Maria Alvarez (Catalina Sandino Moreno) lives with three generations of her family in a cramped house in rural Colombia and works stripping thorns from flowers in a rose plantation. The offer of a lucrative job involving travel – in fact, becoming a drug “mule” – changes the course of her life. Far from the uneventful trip she is promised, Maria is transported into the risky and ruthless world of international drug trafficking. Her mission becomes one of determination and survival and she finally emerges with the grace that will carry her forward into a new life. Buy a DVD at New Line Cinema
	Nefarious Documentary Trilogy  Nefarious I – Merchant of Souls, 2011. “Nefarious, Merchant of Souls, is a hard-hitting documentary that exposes the disturbing trends in modern sex slavery. From the very first scene, Nefarious ushers you into the nightmare of sex slavery that hundreds of thousands experience daily. You’ll see where slaves are sold (often in developed, affluent countries), where they work, and where they are confined. You’ll hear first-hand interviews with real victims and traffickers, along with expert analysis from international humanitarian leaders.” Nefarious II – in production as of November 2012 Nefarious III – to be announced Article by film director, Benjamin Nolot
	Niña Quebrada, 2008 About Diana Romero, writer and producer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlJ3ot4Ploo
	Not For Sale II: Join the Fight – 2010 (updated version of Not For Sale: The Documentary) From the Not For Sale Film website “Based on the book Not For Sale by David Batstone, covers what modern-day abolitionists are doing to fight the rampant terrors of human trafficking in the US and abroad. Traveling over 120,000 miles across five continents, Producer and Director Robert Marcarelli and his film crew gathered undercover footage on this billion-dollar industry and interviewed the heroes that are determined to see it end. Not only does the film expose harsh realities, but it also breathes new hope into the issue by documenting the valiant work of contemporary emancipators and the practical steps they’ve taken to mount an anti-slavery movement. Stories told by the people who’ve lived them, these compelling accounts aim to inspire individuals to practical action. It’s time the world knew the realities of slavery. It’s time to spread the word that a new era for Abolitionists is at hand.” Find out more and join the fight
	Not My Life– 2011.  Worldwide Documentaries, Directed by Academy Award nominee Robert Bilheimer. Watch the trailer and find out more at notmylife.org Follow Not My Life on facebook (from notmylife.org) “Not My Life is the first documentary film to depict the horrifying and dangerous practices of human trafficking and modern slavery on a global scale.   Filmed on five continents over a period of four years, Not My Life unflinchingly, but with enormous dignity and compassion, depicts the unspeakable practices of a multi-billion dollar global industry whose profits, as the film’s narration says, “are built on the backs and in the beds of our planet’s youth.”
	Not Today– 2012 from the Not Today – The Movie site “Caden Welles has the world at his disposal. With the resources of his wealthy father, he’s living life as large as any 20-year-old could dream. But what happens when that dream becomes a nightmare halfway around the world? Traveling with his friends to Hyderabad, India on a whim, Caden’s expectations of a never-ending party crash hard. But not as hard as his conscience when he refuses to help a starving man and his little girl. Haunted by the images of Kiran and Annika, Caden attempts to right his wrong—only to discover Kiran has been forced to sell his own daughter.”    Read more and see a trailer at Not Today – The Movie
	The Price of Sex – 2011. A documentary film investigating sex trafficking by Mimi Chakarova Distributed in North America by Women Make Movies “The Price of Sex is a feature-length documentary about young Eastern European women who’ve been drawn into a netherworld of sex trafficking and abuse. Intimate, harrowing and revealing, it is a story told by the young women who were supposed to be silenced by shame, fear and violence. Photojournalist Mimi Chakarova, who grew up in Bulgaria, takes us on a personal investigative journey, exposing the shadowy world of sex trafficking from Eastern Europe to the Middle East and Western Europe. Filming undercover and gaining extraordinary access, Chakarova illuminates how even though some women escape to tell their stories, sex trafficking thrives.” (from The Price of Sex website) Find out more and see a trailer at The Price of Sex Order a copy for personal use or a screening from Women Make Movies Follow the film project on facebook
	Rape for Profit – 2012 The documentary uncovering domestic sex slavery in Seattle and its suburbs. (from the iTunes film description) Executive Producer Jada Pinkett Smith brings you “Rape For Profit”, a powerful documentary the Huffington post calls, “Disturbing and Provocative”. iTunes Watch a trailer, find out more, and get involved at RapeforProfitFilm (link broken as of 12/10/2015)
	Redlight– 2009, Documentary by Guy Jacobson and Adi Ezroni, Narrated by Lucy Liu. Priority Films (2nd film of the K11 Project) Trailer and info at Redlight home page, (broken link) or look at Redlight on IMDB. If you know where to watch it or buy it, let me know so I can include the link here. Here’s an excerpt from www.redlightthemovie.com: (broken link) “Filmed over a four year period, REDLIGHT focuses on the personal stories of young Cambodian victims and two remarkable advocates for change: grass-roots activist Somaly Mam and politician Mu Sochua. Both have since been nominated for the Noble Peace Prize. The filmmakers Guy Jacobson and Adi Ezroni won the prestigious Global Hero Award for their work in Cambodia.” 12/10/2015 – the links to redlightthemovie.com are broken, and the Priority Films site doesn’t include REDLIGHT in its list of K11 films.  I’m not sure what happened to the movie.
	Sacrifice: The Story of Child Prostitutes from Burma – 2007. From Sacrifice website “Each year thousands of young girls are recruited from rural Burmese villages to work in the sex industry in neighboring Thailand. Held for years in debt bondage in illegal Thai brothels, they suffer extreme abuse by pimps, clients, and the police. The trafficking of Burmese girls has soared in recent years as a direct result of political repression in Burma. Human rights abuses, war and ethnic discrimination has displaced hundreds of thousands of families, leaving families with no means of livelihood. An offer of employment in Thailand is a rare chance for many families to escape extreme poverty. Sacrifice examines the social, cultural, and economic forces at work in the trafficking of Burmese girls into prostitution in Thailand. It is the story of the valuation and sale of human beings, and the efforts of teenage girls to survive a personal crisis born of economic and political repression.” Find out more or Order a copy
	Sands of Silence: Waves of Courage, 2016 – The film that gives courage to speak out against sexual violence. Sands of Silence Official Trailer English 2:30 min from Chelo Alvarez-Stehle on Vimeo. Watch trailer at the filmmaker’s web site “A 15-year quest to expose the underworld of sexual exploitation and trafficking from Asia to the Americas leads world-reporter Chelo Alvarez-Stehle to the windswept beach where her childhood ended and family secrets began. As she documents the transformation of sex-trafficking survivor Virginia Isaias—a Mexican American woman whose past is engulfed in a cycle of sexual exploitation—into an inspiring advocate committed to break that pattern, Chelo undertakes a parallel journey of healing and introspection as she sets out to shatter the silence about abuse in her own life.”
	Sex + Money: A National Search for Human Worth – 2011. From Sex + Money web site “Sex+Money: A National Search for Human Worth is a documentary about domestic minor sex trafficking and the modern-day abolitionist movement fighting to stop it. Since September 2009, the crew has traveled to over 30 states and conducted more than 75 interviews with federal agents, victims, politicians, activists, psychologists, porn-stars, among others.”
	Taken – 2008 – imdb Taken 2 – 2012 – imdb Taken 3 – 2014 – imdb Action film series starring Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills, ex-CIA operative battling his former employers, human traffickers, and others trying to hurt him and his family.
	Taken 2 – 2012, Liam Neeson. Find out more at Taken 2 – IMDB In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
	There is No Place for You Here– 2011 There is No Place for You Here – imdb There is No Place for You Here is a short documentary about illegal child labor in the gold mines of Ghana. Daniel Sekyere, a 15-year-old Ghanaian boy, tries to escape the life-threatening gold mining industry so that he may continue school and become a pastor. As Daniel considers his options for survival, he seeks refuge from a local radio host and NGO, The Social Support Foundation. info at Free The Slaves
	Trade – 2007, Kevin Kline.  This is a pretty well-done, touching and eye-opening movie. The ending is a little over the top, but otherwise the film effectively personalizes the plight of victims, and the difficulty of combating trafficking even for well-meaning law enforcement. Here’s the synopsis from Trade the Movie: When 13-year-old Adriana (Paulina Gaitan) is kidnapped by sex traffickers in Mexico City, her 17-year-old brother, Jorge (Cesar Ramos), sets off on a desperate mission to save her. Trapped by an underground network of international thugs who earn millions exploiting their human cargo, Adriana’s only friend throughout her ordeal is Veronica (Alicja Bachleda), a young Polish woman captured by the same criminal gang. As Jorge dodges overwhelming obstacles to track the girl’s abductors, he meets Ray (Kevin Kline), a Texas cop whose own family loss leads him to become an ally. From the barrios of Mexico City and the treacherous Rio Grande border, to a secret internet sex slave auction and a tense confrontation at a stash house in suburban New Jersey, Ray and Jorge forge a close bond as they frantically pursue Adriana’s kidnappers before she is sold and disappears into a brutal underworld from which few victims ever return. Inspired by Peter Landesman’s chilling NY Times Magazine story on the U.S. sex trade, “The Girls Next Door,” TRADE is a thrilling story of courage and a devastating expose of one of the world’s most heinous crimes. See a trailer and find out more at http://www.tradethemovie.com or watch it through Netflix
	Trade of Innocents – 2012, Dermot Mulroney, Mira Sorvino. from Trade of Innocents – The Movie page In the back streets of a tourist town in present-day Southeast Asia, we find a filthy cinder block room; a bed with soiled sheets; a little girl waits for the next man to use her.  Alex, a human trafficking investigator plays the role of her next customer as he negotiates with the pimp for the use of the child. Claire, Alex’s wife, is caught up in the flow of her new life in Southeast Asia and her role as a volunteer in an aftercare shelter for rescued girls.  She, and Alex both still are dealing with their grief of losing a child years earlier.  As both of them struggle in their own way to overcome the pain of their past and realities of child exploitation where they now live and work, they find themselves being pulled together in to the lives of local neighborhood girls, whose freedom and dignity are threatened.  Parallel story lines intertwine and twists unfold against the backdrop of the dangerous human trafficking world, in a story of struggle, life hope and redemption in the “Trade of Innocents.” Trade of Innocents home page – “Justice needs a hero. Be one.“ Trade of Innocents – The Movie Trade of Innocents – IMDB Helpful review by Carly Romano / Free-Them
	Trading Women – 2003, Narrated by Angelina Jolie, Documentary by David Feingold. Trading Women at Documentary Educational Resources “Narrated by Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie, Trading Women enters the worlds of brothel owners, trafficked girls, voluntary sex workers, corrupt police and anxious politicians. The documentary investigates the trade in minority girls and women from the hill tribes of Burma, Laos and China, into the Thai sex industry. Filmed on location, this is the first film to follow the trade in women in all its complexity and to consider the impact of this ‘far away’ problem on the gobal community. The film also explores the international community’s response to the issue.” Read more at Trading Women (D.E.R.) and Trading Women (WHYY)
	Very Young Girls– 2007.Thanks 9to20 blogger, a trafficking survivor, for recommending this film. Carl’s Note: If you’ve done social work or recovery work, you’ll “get” this movie. People, especially kids, who have been traumatized are not easily or casually healed. The good news is that the human psyche CAN recover from trauma and pain. The bad news is that it’s not easy or guaranteed. GEMS is doing the hard work on the support side, and the brave girls who are fighting to escape from “the lifestyle” are doing the hard work on the their side. Many girls are learning to find their voices, their strength, their significance through the inspiration and support of GEMS. I found it both painful and uplifting to watch, and recommend it to others. Here’s a description from GEMS: Very Young Girls is an exposé of the commercial sexual exploitation of girls in New York City as they are sold on the streets by pimps and treated as adult criminals by police. The film follows barely adolescent girls in real time, using vérité and intimate interviews with them, documenting their struggles and triumphs as they seek to exit the commercial sex industry. The film also uses startling footage shot by pimps themselves, giving a rare glimpse into how the cycle of exploitation begins for many women. Watch a trailer and find out more at GEMS or watch it at Netflix
	The Whistleblower– 2010, Rachel Weisz. From The Whistleblower site Inspired by actual events, Kathy (Academy Award® winner Rachel Weisz) is an American police officer who takes a job working as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Her expectations of helping to rebuild a devastated country are dashed when she uncovers a dangerous reality of corruption, cover-up and intrigue amid a world of private contractors and multinational diplomatic doubletalk. Directed by first time filmmaker Larysa Kondracki, the film also stars Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci and Academy Award nominee David Strathairn.