300,000 women and children exploited for sex in our country each year.
The stats are astounding.
“You may choose to look the other way but you can never again say you did not know.†– William Willberforce
This demands attention!
Libby Spears, has devoted almost 10 years uncovering the sex traffic industry in lesser developed countries like the Philippines, South Korea, and Thailand. What she found out while filming there is that the United States is actually “influencing the global demand and growth of the sex trafficking industry.” That not only is human trafficking for sex apparent in less developed countries, but it is also “every bit as real in North America.”
After Spears’ discovery, she started filming “Playground,” which follows the story of victims in America and examines the United States’ influence by interviewing activists and experts in this field.
“The only way not to find this problem in any community is to simply not look for it.”
A special screening of this film will be presented by Dallas Women in Film and the Dallas Women’s Foundation on November 5th, 2009.
The event will be held at Studio Movie Grill – Royal Location, and begins at 6:30pm, 7pm screening followed by Q&A with director Libby Spears.
Studio Movie Grill
studiomoviegrill.com
11170 N. Central Expressway
Dallas, TX 75243
214 361 2966
Get Directions
The first 80 people to RSVP will be admitted for free. RSVP to Sherri Galbraith at sgalbraith@dallaswomensfoundation.org or 214-525-5301.
Thereafter, tickets are $5 for members and SMU students and $8 for nonmembers.
Nonprofits are invited to purchase blocks of tickets at the discounted member price. For more information, please email chickflicks@wifdallas.org or publicity@wifdallas.org.
The screening is also brought to you in part by the SMU Department of Cinema.
HT to I Live in Dallas for the heads up! Read more about the film.
Becoming a slave is easier than you think
Becoming a slave is easier than you think
Becoming a slave is easier than you think
Becoming a slave
There’s always a price to pay
It’s gotta hit somebody’s back
Trust me, new worlds don’t just build themselves
Progress has more than one face
Even though it’s always itself
There’s nothing you can change that doesn’t change everything else
So it’s simple
It’s so simple
If they’re not like us
(Derek Webb – becoming a slave)
