Northampton: Feminist Film Series on Sex Trafficking and Exploitation
Posted by NPNAdmin at 6/14/2008 4:27 PM 
Categories: Feminist Perspective,Northampton News,What You Can Do,Prostitution
Categories: Feminist Perspective,Northampton News,What You Can Do,Prostitution
Local feminists are screening films this month to raise awareness about sex trafficking and sexual exploitation. Both of the following will be shown in the Media Education Foundation Community Room, 60 Masonic Street, Northampton MA.
Trade
Saturday, June 21, 7pm
When 13-year-old Adriana is kidnapped by sex traffickers in Mexico, her 17-year-old brother, Jorge, sets off on a desperate mission to save her. As Jorge dodges overwhelming obstacles to track his sister's abductors, he meets Ray (Kevin Kline), a Texas cop whose own family loss leads him to become an ally. Inspired by Peter Landesman's chilling New York Times Magazine story on the US sex trade, "The Girls Next Door", Trade is a powerful story of courage and a devastating expose of the world of sex trafficking and prostitution. Learn more.
Cargo: Innocence Lost
Tuesday, June 24, 7pm
A compelling documentary, Cargo: Innocence Lost, unveils the hidden 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. A must-see, thought-provoking film that is interwoven with a raw, intense narrative based on numerous true stories from victims of the sex trade. Warning: this film contains graphic footage that is disturbing and may be difficult to watch. Learn more.
See also:
"Trade - A Film Brings Sex Trafficking Home"
Trade makes it clear that traffickers do not operate in a vacuum. Theirs is a complex and determined industry, enslaving both women and children through coercion, violence, and drugs. It is painfully apparent in the film that there are often moments when everyday people could intervene - but choose not to...
MSNBC Investigates Human Trafficking and Prostitution in the US; Valley Advocate Advertises "Foreign Fantasies" Where "Everything Goes"
Gloria Steinem at Smith: Cooperation, Not Domination
Trade
Saturday, June 21, 7pm
When 13-year-old Adriana is kidnapped by sex traffickers in Mexico, her 17-year-old brother, Jorge, sets off on a desperate mission to save her. As Jorge dodges overwhelming obstacles to track his sister's abductors, he meets Ray (Kevin Kline), a Texas cop whose own family loss leads him to become an ally. Inspired by Peter Landesman's chilling New York Times Magazine story on the US sex trade, "The Girls Next Door", Trade is a powerful story of courage and a devastating expose of the world of sex trafficking and prostitution. Learn more.
Cargo: Innocence Lost
Tuesday, June 24, 7pm
A compelling documentary, Cargo: Innocence Lost, unveils the hidden 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. A must-see, thought-provoking film that is interwoven with a raw, intense narrative based on numerous true stories from victims of the sex trade. Warning: this film contains graphic footage that is disturbing and may be difficult to watch. Learn more.
See also:
"Trade - A Film Brings Sex Trafficking Home"
Trade makes it clear that traffickers do not operate in a vacuum. Theirs is a complex and determined industry, enslaving both women and children through coercion, violence, and drugs. It is painfully apparent in the film that there are often moments when everyday people could intervene - but choose not to...
MSNBC Investigates Human Trafficking and Prostitution in the US; Valley Advocate Advertises "Foreign Fantasies" Where "Everything Goes"
Gloria Steinem at Smith: Cooperation, Not Domination
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