Location: Francis Auditorium
Nov 19, 2024 | 05:00pm - 06:30pm
CWIL held a screening of the film, followed by a Q&A with filmmaker and CWIL Founding Member Linda Broocks '78.
Despite the fact that experts estimate that the US is the world’s second largest sex trafficking market, myths and misconceptions about trafficking persist, among them the assumptions:
- that only foreign nationals smuggled into the US are victims of this insidious crime
- that victims can simply leave their traffickers
- that once victims have been “rescued” their lives are immediately restored
This film focuses on ten courageous and gritty women who have survived trafficking, examining the myths about sex trafficking and illuminating the societal factors that contribute to domestic girls getting trapped in the “Life.” More importantly, it presents these women’s stories of the huge obstacles they faced and overcame in exiting the “Life” and offers encouragement to viewers to become involved in addressing this national disgrace.