''The Abolitionists'' is a 2016 documentary film by Darrin Fletcher and
Chet Thomas about a sting mission orchestrated in Colombia by the independent
Operation Underground Railroad
Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.) is a United States-based nonprofit organization which claims to be involved in the rescue of human trafficking and sex trafficking victims, with a special focus on children, and a wider goal of eliminating ...
jump team, led by former
U.S. Homeland Security Special Agent
Timothy Ballard, countering
child sex trafficking
Child prostitution is prostitution involving a child, and it is a form of commercial sexual exploitation of children. The term normally refers to prostitution of a minor, or person under the legal age of consent.
In most jurisdictions, child p ...
.
Development
The film was developed first and foremost as a reality television series but as the first episode was being editing it began to take on its own life as a feature film, with seven episodes of the television series also being completed.
Reception
Critical response
The site's critic, NYC Movie Guru reads: "Spellbinding, gripping and eye-opening. Bravo to directors Darrin Fletcher and Chet Thomas for bringing Tim Ballard and the human rights issue of child sex trafficking to light"
The Abolitionists had a one-night premiere on May 16, 2016, at over 450 theaters.
Episodes
References
External links
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FletChet Entertainment*
Blog.OurRescue.org/the-abolitionists
American documentary films
2010s crime films
2016 documentary films
2016 films
American crime films
Documentary films about child abuse
Documentary films about organized crime
Documentary films about prostitution
Documentary films about slavery
Documentary films about violence against women
Documentary films about pedophilia
Forced prostitution
Films about child prostitution
Films about human trafficking
Academic works about criminology
Women in Colombia
2010s English-language films
2010s American films
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