A documentary exposé inside the global sex slave trade in women from the former Soviet Bloc.A documentary exposé inside the global sex slave trade in women from the former Soviet Bloc.A documentary exposé inside the global sex slave trade in women from the former Soviet Bloc.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
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Eye-Opening Documentary
Okay, because of the title, I tuned in expecting to be titillated. But no sir'ee, no soft core here. Instead, it's a 90-minute blistering documentary on sex trafficking from Ukraine and Moldova-- former parts of the Soviet Union-- to Europe, Canada, and mainly to Turkey. The main thread focuses on a Ukrainian couple whose wife (Katia) is tricked into going to Turkey with promises of needed employment and money to send home. Instead, she's forced into prostitution, having to service dozens of men per day! Once her husband learns of her predicament, he maneuvers as best he can to free her. But the odds are stacked against him. Thus an element of suspense enters into the film. At the same time, the lives of other trusting women tricked in similar fashion make up further documentary threads. All speak in their own words, thus adding notes of unrehearsed poignancy to overall impact. Perhaps just as scathing is the degree of general unconcern on the part of authorities. It's like they're thinking that at least the women have found employment, brutal though it is.
All in all, I'm glad I misjudged the title. I had no idea the sex trafficking is as prevalent as it is (numbers are furnished). So catch up with the real life confessions if you haven't already. They're real eye-openers.
All in all, I'm glad I misjudged the title. I had no idea the sex trafficking is as prevalent as it is (numbers are furnished). So catch up with the real life confessions if you haven't already. They're real eye-openers.
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- dougdoepke
- Mar 2, 2019
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