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Women Make Movies – WMM
THE PRICE OF SEX – FILM OF EASTERN
EUROPEAN WOMEN
TRAFFICKED & FORCED INTO
PROSTITUTION ABROAD
FILM SEGMENT: http://www.wmm.com/advscripts/wmmvideo.aspx?pid=128
The
Price of Sex – Website: http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c804.shtml
A
film by Mimi
Chakarova
US,
2011, 73 minutes, Color, DVD, English/Russian/Turkish/Bulgarian, Subtitled
An
unprecedented and compelling inquiry into a dark side of immigration so difficult
to cover or probe with depth, THE PRICE OF SEX sheds light on the underground
criminal network of human trafficking and experiences of trafficked Eastern
European women forced into prostitution abroad. Photojournalist Mimi
Chakarova’s feature documentary caps years of painstaking, on-the-ground
reporting that aired on Frontline (PBS) and 60 Minutes (CBS) and earned her an
Emmy nomination, Magnum photo agency’s Inge Morath Award, and a Webby for
Internet excellence.
Filming under cover with extraordinary access, even posing as a prostitute to
gather her material, Bulgarian-born Chakarova travels from impoverished rural
areas in post-Communist Eastern Europe, including her grandmother’s village, to
Turkey, Greece, and Dubai. This dangerous investigative journey brings
Chakarova face to face with trafficked women willing to trust her and appear on
film undisguised. Their harrowing first-person accounts, as well as interviews
with traffickers, clients, and anti-trafficking activists, expose the root causes,
complex connections, and stark significance of sexual slavery today.
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