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Lonely Pack (2010)
Together with other children, the eleven year old Sonu lives on the streets of Katmandu. Their daily routine is a fight to survive in the chaotic capital of Nepal: always on the prowl for food, drugs, charitable tourists and what they seek most – as small boys do anywhere– is fun and adventure. The life of Sonu and his pack is shaped by hunger and violence but is also filled with childlike moments of freedom on the streets.
Virgin Harvest (2008)
After decades of civil war, Cambodia’s culture has been shattered and the family base has been broken. In this gap, a flourishing child trafficking industry has evolved. Childhood survivors tell their stories with the help of two women who seek to fight the sex trade.
Very Young Girls (2007)
Very Young Girls follows thirteen and fourteen year old girls as they are lured into the sex work industry. This film provides insight into how life in the sex trade begins for these girls who are seduced by pimps and treated like adults by the police. It also focuses on the organization Girls Education and Mentoring Services (GEMS) that works to advocate for these girls.
Turning A Corner (2006)
Turning a Corner tells the stories of people who have been involved in sex work and emphasizes their attempts to raise awareness of the injustices and of the need for reforms within the industry. This documentary focuses specifically on Chicago’s sex trade industry.
Trafficking Cinderella (2000, 2001)
After the fall of the Soviet Union, economic ruin left many Eastern European states vulnerable to the lure of sex trafficking. This documentary follows testimonies of Eastern European women who were forced into prostitution.
Trading Women (2003)
Narrated by Angelina Jolie, this film documents the sex trafficking trade in China, Thailand, Laos, and Burma, depicted as not just a local, but international problem.
The Whistleblower (2011)
A drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex scandal.
The Shanghai Hotel (2011)
A young woman named Yin Yin (Eugenia Yuan) illegally buys her way to the USA from communist China hoping to make a better life for herself and her family. After a long, treacherous journey stowed away in a dark hull of an overcrowded cargo ship, Yin Yin arrives in New York City for what she thinks will be the beginning of a better life. Falsely promised a job in the technology industry, her dreams are shattered when she is told by the Snakeheads, an Asian gang, that her debt is much higher than expected. To pay off that additional debt she will have to work it off by being a prostitute.
The Price of Sugar (2007)
A fiery Spanish priest risks his life to confront modern-day slavery on the sugar plantations of the Dominican Republic.
The Day My God Died (2003)
The Day My God Died documents child sexual slavery of Nepalese girls using spy camera technology and profiles the abolitionists that work to stop these human rights violations.