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FILM SCREENING OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING & GLOBAL SLAVERY DOCUMENTARY
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Film screening May 17
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More from OjaiA screening of the film, "Not for Sale ... the Documentary," is scheduled for Saturday, May 17 at 2 pm at New Hope in Oak View.
Hollywood director Robert Marcarelli produced and directed the film documentary NOT FOR SALE, based on the book penned by David Batstone. Marcarelli and his film crew traveled over 120,000 miles and five continents investigating the modern slave trade and shot undercover footage of trafficking operations.
Human trafficking is now considered the third largest and fastest growing illegal trafficking activity in the world, making it a $32 billion a year business. Today, there are 27 million people enslaved, more than at the peak of the African Slave Trade.
Human trafficking is defined as: the recruitment and transportation of persons within or across boundaries by force, fraud, or deception, for the purpose of exploiting them economically. One million children are forced to work in the sex industry every day.
The crew also captured on film the spirit of those dedicated abolitionists working in the field to emancipate the victims. NOT FOR SALE ... THE DOCUMENTARY tells the story of these heroes in an effort to inspire other people to follow their example and ignite a global antislavery movement.
Some of the abolitionists featured in the film include Pierre Tami (Cambodia), Anna Rodriguez (USA), Annie Dieselberg (Thailand), Katherine Chon (USA), Padre Cesare Lo Deserto (Moldova), Lucy Borja (Peru), Gary Haugen (USA), and Florence Lacor (Uganda).
The director uses personal interviews and startling footage in this DVD to show how these individuals first learned about slavery and moved to inspiring action to emancipate girls and boys as well as women and men held in bondage.
A free screening of "Not for Sale ... the Documentary" is scheduled for Saturday, May 17, 2008, 2 pm at New Hope, 590 Old Ventura Avenue, Oak View. Director/Producer, Robert Macarelli, will be on hand to answer questions following the film screening.
For more information about human trafficking and the Not for Sale Campaign go to www.notforsalecampaign.org.
For information about the screening on May 17, call 805.649.2244 or email: newhopechristian1@sbcglobal.net
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