Saturday, May 14, 2016
Christian Examiner: $300 for one night with a 12-year-old? 'The Abolitionists' spotlights war on child trafficking
By Michael Foust, May 13, 2016, Christian Examiner
LOS ANGELES (Christian Examiner) – Many movies try to inspire the audience, but they rarely have an impact that "The Abolitionists" -- in theaters Monday for one night only – already has.
The fast-paced documentary goes undercover to follow former Department of Homeland Security special agent Tim Ballard as he travels around the world, working with American and foreign officials as they try to free children from the bondages of sex slavery.
During filming, 57 children in Haiti and Columbia were rescued from sex slavery and seven human traffickers were arrested and now face prison – an achievement that Ballard and the crew hope inspires moviegoers to get involved in the movement.
The movie itself is rated PG-13 for disturbing content and some sexual references, but it was filmed with the goal of being realistic without turning off a conservative
audience.
The executive producer was Gerald Molen, the same producer who made "Schindler's List." He calls the heroes in the film "modern-day abolitionists."
"I believe it's no coincidence that this film comes almost twenty years after we released Schindler's List," Molen said.
Nearly 2 million children around the world are the victims of human trafficking. Some of the girls seen in the film were forced into prostitution around the age of 12 or 13.
The street price for one night with a minor is $300 -- $1,000 if the child is a virgin.
More: www.christianexaminer.com
LOS ANGELES (Christian Examiner) – Many movies try to inspire the audience, but they rarely have an impact that "The Abolitionists" -- in theaters Monday for one night only – already has.
The fast-paced documentary goes undercover to follow former Department of Homeland Security special agent Tim Ballard as he travels around the world, working with American and foreign officials as they try to free children from the bondages of sex slavery.
During filming, 57 children in Haiti and Columbia were rescued from sex slavery and seven human traffickers were arrested and now face prison – an achievement that Ballard and the crew hope inspires moviegoers to get involved in the movement.
The movie itself is rated PG-13 for disturbing content and some sexual references, but it was filmed with the goal of being realistic without turning off a conservative
audience.
The executive producer was Gerald Molen, the same producer who made "Schindler's List." He calls the heroes in the film "modern-day abolitionists."
"I believe it's no coincidence that this film comes almost twenty years after we released Schindler's List," Molen said.
Nearly 2 million children around the world are the victims of human trafficking. Some of the girls seen in the film were forced into prostitution around the age of 12 or 13.
The street price for one night with a minor is $300 -- $1,000 if the child is a virgin.
More: www.christianexaminer.com
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
HuffPost: Dax Shepard Reveals He Was Molested At The Age Of 7
Actor Dax Shepard revealed that he was molested as a child during a taping of SiriusXM’s “The Jason Ellis Show.”
While talking about his battle with addiction, the 41-year-old actor opened up about being sexually assaulted by someone in his neighborhood.
“I was, I want to say, 7 and this dude was probably 18,” Shepard said, calling the incidents “minimal.”
“It took me 12 years to tell anyone that. And all that time I was like, ‘A) It’s my fault,’ as generic as that is, and ‘I’m gay — I must’ve manifested this because I’m secretly gay.’ I had all these insane thoughts for 11 years, 12 years.”
When the radio host, who shared his own stories of sexual abuse by his father earlier, asked the actor if he knew what was happening at the time, Shepard said, “Oh God yeah.”
More: www.huffingtonpost.com
Thursday, April 14, 2016
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