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Videos
Videos produced locally, nationally, and internationally on relevant human trafficking issues.
Regional
Safe Harbour Animation
July 2, 2014
This is an animated message about sex traffickingof children.
(Center for Youth)
Helpless
July 2, 2014
This is an important message about the sex trafficking of children in our community. Yes, there is sex trafficking in our community.
(Monroe County Safe Harbour Program)
Food Chains (official trailer)
November, 2014
Food Chains reveals the human cost in our food supply and the complicity of large buyers of produce like fast food and supermarkets.
National
Inside the Lives of American Sex Slaves
Published on Jul 30, 2013
Mariana van Zeller investigates U.S. sex trafficking for National Geographic.
(ABC News)
Not My Life (official trailer)
January, 2011
Not My Life is the first documentary film to depict the horrifying and dangerous practices of human trafficking and modern-day slavery on a global scale. (notmylife.org)
2012
Lisa Ling and a former teenage sex worker who escaped the world of pimps and their girls witness the "rules of the streets" and see if they could identify any young, missing girls.
What I've Been Through Is Not Who I Am
October, 2011
Survivors and experts speak about the traumatic effects of commercial sexual exploitation of children. They discuss how our response to victims is shifting from punitive to restorative.
Teenage $ex 4 $ale: Human Trafficking in San Bernardino County
2013
This Emmy-nominated documentary produced by the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office delves into the problem of sexual exploitation in the nation's largest county.
In Plain Sight (official trailer)
December 2014
The documentary features six modern-day abolitionists as they fight sex trafficking. Survivors of sex trafficking are interviews and share
how they were impacted by sex trafficking aftercare homes.
The Sky is Falling
January, 2015
The Sky is Falling is an emotional and heart wrenching song that address the difficult topic of human trafficking. It explores the truth of the subject matter, yet leaves us with hope.
Selling the Girl Next Door
March 2012
CNN's Amber Lyon Investigates Internet Child Sex Trafficking in America. Selling the Girl Next Door takes viewers into the world of underage American girls caught up in the violent sex trade.
Hidden America: Chilling New Look at Sex Trafficking in the US
Jan 24, 2015
ABC's Diane Sawyer report on the danger of vulnerable young women falling victim to prostitution rings based on the PBS documentary "A Path Appears."
Human Trafficking: Understanding a Complex Issue
July 16, 2014
An introduction to human trafficking for the healthcare community presented by Catholic Health Initiatives.
Top 4 Misconceptions
of Human Trafficking
Streamed live on Jan 25, 2013
Google Hangout by Shared Hope International discussing the top 4 Misconceptions of HumanTrafficking and What You Can Do About It
Human Trafficking: How Big Data Is Helping Police
April 10, 2015
This Wall Street Journal video discusses how big data is helping law enforcement identify and prosecute human traffickers, who are responsible for an estimated 27 million enslaved individuals worldwide.
Sex trafficking: Linda Smith at TEDx Portland
May 2015
"No girl wakes up and looks in the mirror and says I want to be a prostitute." To alter the course of human rights, we must change our perception, language, laws and response in an effort to stop this criminal offense.
In Your Backyard
Uploaded Apr 15, 2013
The words of girls who were trafficked in Tennessee.
CNN Special Report - Children for Sale: The Fight to End Human Trafficking
July 21, 2015
Jada Pinkett uncovers the horrific realities of modern-era slavery in the U.S., where children are kidnapped and exploited by traffickers.
A discussion at The Heritage Foundation focused on the role that government and civil society play in ending human trafficking.
Whether or not you observed Easter, you will find this video about an exhibit based on the Stations of the Cross moving.
International
International Boulevard:
A Documentary
December 2014
This documentary, produced by a high school student, was presented Grand Prize at the Girls Impact the World film festival in 2013 at Harvard University.
Every 15 Seconds: Matt Friedman at TEDxSanJoaquin
Uploaded on Nov 8, 2012 Matt Friedman of Breaking the Links reflects upon the breadth and range of human slavery in the world today and how we can all play our part in helping to address this global problem.
Join the Fight (against human trafficking) public service announcment
Uploaded on Dec 12, 2014
Four students from the Hugh Wooding Law School encourage the public to join the fight against human trafficking in Trinidad and Tobago.
Katie Couric's Notebook: Human Trafficking (CBS News)
Uploaded on Jun 15, 2007
A new State Department report criticized India's human trafficking record. Girls as young as 13 are being sold as sex slaves. Katie Couric says it's time for the two countries to have a serious talk. (CBSNews.com)
Pope Francis says human trafficking is 'a crime against humanity'
Published on Apr 11, 2014
Pope Francis has described human trafficking as "a crime against humanity" as international police chiefs and religious figures pledged in the Vatican to work together to fight modern-day slavery.
Mira Sorvino's Fights Human Trafficking
Dec 31, 2015
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Goodwill Ambassador to Combat Human Trafficking.Mira Sorvino hopes to turn people's attention to what's happening to millions of victims of human trafficking.More about her mission is featured in her CNN documentary “Every Day in Cambodia.”
Human trafficking is all around you. This is how it works: Noy Thrupkaew at TED March 2015
Behind the everyday bargains we all love — the $10 manicure, the unlimited shrimp buffet — is a hidden world of forced labor to keep those prices at rock bottom. Noy Thrupkaew investigates human trafficking – which flourishes in the US and Europe, as well as developing countries – and shows us the human faces behind the exploited labor that feeds global consumers.
Where were you?: Matt Friedman at TEDxWanChai (Hong Kong)
Uploaded on July 9, 2015
Matt Friedman of Breaking the Links reflects upon the need to get people to cross the "Hero" line from caring to action.
Human Trafficking - Eradicating Modern-Day Slavery through Sustainable Development
February 9, 2016
A special high-level event at the United Nations calling for stronger partnership and better coordination of efforts to stop human trafficking.
Organized by the Group of Friends United against Human Trafficking, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC).