''Surviving Sex Trafficking'' is a 2022 American documentary film directed by

Sadhvi Siddhali Shree Sadhvi Siddhali Shree is a US based Jain monk, film director, author, TEDx speaker, Iraq War veteran and activist. She is mostly known for her two documentaries '' Stopping Traffic'' (2017) and ''Surviving Sex Trafficking'' (2022) which are base ...

and produced by the team of monks at Siddhayatan Tirth. The film focuses on the ongoing

sex trafficking Sex trafficking is human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. It has been called a form of modern slavery because of the way victims are forced into sexual acts non-consensually, in a form of sexual slavery. Perpetrators of the ...

and sexual abuse in the United States and worldwide based upon stories of the survivors who were sex trafficked by their abusers.

Synopsis

''Surviving Sex Trafficking'' is a follow up of 2017 documentary '' Stopping Traffic'' by

. It addresses the global problem of sex trafficking and features interviews with the survivors named Angela Williams, Rachel D. Fischer and Kendra Geronimo. The story rotates around the lives of those victims, their struggle for freedom, including the incidents after setting themselves free, and the mental trauma they had to deal with. Sadhvi Siddhali Shree herself is also featured in the documentary and shares her own story of child abuse and PTSD. The production team travelled various parts of United States including Houston, Miami, Las Vegas and New Jersey and other countries like Hungary, India, Philippines, and Ethiopia gathering stories of the women who have been the victims of sex trafficking and somehow managed to escape. The film also highlights the fact that only 1% of the 45 million victims manage to escape and survive once trafficked.

Production

''Surviving Sex Trafficking'' is the second documentary which has been directed and produced by Sadhvi Siddhali Shree after her first documentary, '' Stopping Traffic'' which was released in 2017. She is a US based Jain monk, film director, author, TEDx speaker, Iraq War veteran and victim of child abuse. Alyssa Milano,

Jeannie Mai Jeannie Mai-Jenkins (born Jeannie Camtu Mai) is an American television host and stylist best known for her work on the makeover show '' How Do I Look?'' and the syndicated daytime talk show ''The Real''. As a fashion expert, she is frequently fe ...

and

Jeezy Jay Wayne Jenkins (born September 28, 1977), known by his stage name Jeezy (or Young Jeezy), is an American rapper. Signing to Def Jam Recordings in 2004, his major label debut, '' Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101'', was released the followin ...

are the executive producers of the documentary and the production house is Siddhayatan Tirth. The film has been inspired by the teachings of non-violence by Acharya Shree Yogeesh, who is also the executive producer of the film. Sadhvi Anubhuti is the co-producer.

Release

Surviving Sex Trafficking had its official worldwide premiere at the Vail Film Festival in 2021. The film was released in theaters on March 25, 2022, and was made available on streaming platforms on April 15, 2022. On January 25, 2023, in recognition of Human Trafficking Awareness Month, the documentary was screened by the students for violence prevention at Pittsburg State University.

References

External links

* * * {{official website, https://survivingsextraffickingfilm.com/ Documentary films about prostitution American documentary films Films about human trafficking Human trafficking in the United States Films about child abuse Documentary films about human rights