Films and Documentaries

Here are some films and documentaries about modern-day slavery, human trafficking, and the dangers of pornography. I haven’t seen most of these, so I can’t endorse them personally, but I’m hoping they will be helpful in spreading awareness. For even more films visit Love146 and Polaris Project to see their much more complete lists.

10 Seconds

10 Seconds screenshot“Gilbert Horn is 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 . . . 10 Seconds is a story of a sex addict and a sex slave.”

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At the End of Slavery

At the End of Slavery screenshotAt the End of Slavery: The Battle for Justice in our Time takes you inside the violent and ugly business of modern-day slavery — the buying and selling of human beings — from the brothels of the Philippines to the brick kilns of India.”

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Born into Brothels

Born into Brothels screenshot“In Calcutta’s red light district appear a group of unforgettable children. Feisty, courageous and wickedly funny, these children of prostitutes embark on a transformational journey with photographer Zana Briski, who teaches them to photograph their own lives.”

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The Candy Shop

The Candy Shop screenshot“Jimmy Balcom’s new job selling newspapers is a God-send to a kid working hard to help his family survive during the depression. But then Jimmy figures out what’s happening in the candy shop across the street . . .”

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Nefarious

Nefarious I: Merchant of Souls screenshotNefarious, 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.”

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Sex + Money

Sex and Money: A National Search for Human Worth screenshotSex+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.”

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Trade of Innocents

Trade of Innocents screenshot“In the back streets of a tourist town in present-day Southeast Asia . . . 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.”

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Very Young Girls

Very Young Girls screenshot“[A]n 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 . . . as they seek to exit the commercial sex industry.”

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Willful Entrapment

Willful Entrapment screenshot“WILLFUL ENTRAPMENT. A visually arresting short film that removes the veil from the the perception of “innocent fun” from pornography and depicts it as the door to psychotic addiction and destruction that it really is.”

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