Portfolio Archives: docsfull

Girls Not Brides: Traditions Can Change – Ending Child Marriage (4:06)

Child marriage robs 10 million girls a year of their childhood. A harmful traditional practice, child marriage denies girls their rights to health, education and security. ‘Great change can happen within a single generation. I know this to be true.’ – Desmond Tutu. In this new video from Girls Not Brides¸Graça Machel, Mary Robinson and Desmond Tutu of The Elders call on people around the world to action: to end child marriage in a single generation.

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Becoming a Slavery-Free Business: Removing Slavery from Product Supply Chains (8:18)

There’s slavery in every shopping mall in America. From cocoa, coffee and clothing, to cars, computers and cell phones—many products sold in the U.S. are tainted by slavery. Sometimes it’s sweatshop slavery where goods are manufactured. Other times, it’s brutal child slavery at plantations and mines where commodities and raw materials come from.

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Affected for Life (13:35)

Affected for Life promotes awareness of human trafficking. The film illustrates the elements and different forms of human trafficking. This video is the property of UNODC.

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ENSLAVED: An MTV EXIT Special (24:08)

Hosted by Jared Leto from Thirty Seconds to Mars, the film features real-life issues on human trafficking and exploitation.

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Traffic: Lucy Liu (23:33)

Traffic is a unique and powerful program presented by Lucy Liu that addresses the issue of human trafficking in Asia-Pacific. Told through the stories of real people, the show features Ana, trafficked from the Philippines and forced into prostitution; Eka, an Indonesian woman, trafficked into forced domestic servitude in Singapore; and Min Aung, from Burma, trafficked to Thailand and imprisoned for 2 years in a factory.

Back Home With a Broken Heart (5:06)

400,000 to 500,000 Moldovans are estimated to work abroad; approximately a quarter of the working population. Many are looking for a way out of poverty; others simply want to build a better life for themselves and their families. For some women and girls, these dreams of a better future become their worse nightmares. Some are raped, abused and systematically exploited.