Will Wallace’s thriller about three young women abducted and sold into sex slavery certainly has an authentic feel. As well it should: The screenwriter, Siddharth Kara, is a Harvard professor specializing in the subject who wrote a book that inspired the film. Unfortunately, for all its social relevance and good intentions, Trafficked mainly proves that university professors don’t make the best screenwriters.
As if dutifully checking items off a list, the film’s storyline focuses on three disparate victims from different parts of the world: the Nigerian Mali (Jessica Obilum), a young mother captured while attempting to migrate to Europe; the...
As if dutifully checking items off a list, the film’s storyline focuses on three disparate victims from different parts of the world: the Nigerian Mali (Jessica Obilum), a young mother captured while attempting to migrate to Europe; the...
- 10/5/2017
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Like its name suggests, Trafficked is a new movie focused on the stories of three women who are thrust into the world of human trafficking, which culminates in them being forced to prostitute themselves at a brothel situated in the state of Texas. The movie is directed by Will Wallace, who has received a great deal of help from a Harvard professor named Siddharth Kara, who has spent close to two decades looking into and combating the problem however he can. Furthermore, some people might be interested to learn that the cast members will include Ashley Judd as well as
Why We Need to Watch Ashley Judd’s Fact-Based Human Trafficking Film...
Why We Need to Watch Ashley Judd’s Fact-Based Human Trafficking Film...
- 10/2/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Inspired by real characters from the award-winning book “Sex Trafficking” by Harvard professor Siddharth Kara, Will Wallace’s “Trafficked” follows a trio of intertwining stories about young women forced into the world of human, organ, drug, and gun trafficking. The film focuses on three girls — from America, Nigeria, and India — who, though horrific experiences in the trafficking world, end up as sex slaves in a Texas brothel.
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Starring Ashley Judd, Anne Archer, Elisabeth Röhm, Sean Patrick Flanery, Madison Wolfe, and Patrick Duffy, the film looks to cast a glaring light on the human trafficking trade, bolstered by fact-based reporting from Kara. The professor has been researching, writing, teaching, and advocating against modern slavery for nearly two decades, and the film is a continuation of that essential work.
Appropriately enough, the film will have a...
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Starring Ashley Judd, Anne Archer, Elisabeth Röhm, Sean Patrick Flanery, Madison Wolfe, and Patrick Duffy, the film looks to cast a glaring light on the human trafficking trade, bolstered by fact-based reporting from Kara. The professor has been researching, writing, teaching, and advocating against modern slavery for nearly two decades, and the film is a continuation of that essential work.
Appropriately enough, the film will have a...
- 9/27/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Exclusive: The human trafficking drama Trafficked starring Ashley Judd has been acquired by Epic Pictures. Based on the award-winning book Sex Trafficking: Inside The Business Of Modern Slavery by Harvard professor Siddharth Kara, the film is now set to open in limited release October 6. Will Wallace directs the film from a script by Kara that explores the global human-trafficking crisis and follows three young women from the U.S., Nigeria, and India, respectively, who…...
- 9/11/2017
- Deadline
Exclusive: Sean Patrick Flanery, Anne Archer also star in Trafficked.
Red Sea Media has kicked off talks with international buyers here on Trafficked starring Ashley Judd [pictured], Elisabeth Röhm, Sean Patrick Flanery, and Anne Archer.
The film chronicles the fate of three girls from the Us, Nigeria and India who attempt to escape a Texas brothel. Will Wallace directs from the screenplay by Siddharth Kara, and Conroy Kanter, Kara and Vicente Aldape served as producers. Frank Mayor is executive producer.
“Trafficked is a character-driven thriller, which will move its audiences and bring awareness to the campaign to stop human trafficking and help its victims,” Conroy said.
“This is a poignant film,” Red Sea founder Roman Kopelevich said. “It’s important, with the world sex trade impacting girls from remote villages to the doorsteps of our neighborhoods. Anyone with a daughter or a sister should be concerned with this epidemic, which is made easier via the internet and other...
Red Sea Media has kicked off talks with international buyers here on Trafficked starring Ashley Judd [pictured], Elisabeth Röhm, Sean Patrick Flanery, and Anne Archer.
The film chronicles the fate of three girls from the Us, Nigeria and India who attempt to escape a Texas brothel. Will Wallace directs from the screenplay by Siddharth Kara, and Conroy Kanter, Kara and Vicente Aldape served as producers. Frank Mayor is executive producer.
“Trafficked is a character-driven thriller, which will move its audiences and bring awareness to the campaign to stop human trafficking and help its victims,” Conroy said.
“This is a poignant film,” Red Sea founder Roman Kopelevich said. “It’s important, with the world sex trade impacting girls from remote villages to the doorsteps of our neighborhoods. Anyone with a daughter or a sister should be concerned with this epidemic, which is made easier via the internet and other...
- 5/19/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Patrick Duffy and Anne Archer have joined the cast of Will Wallace’s directorial debut “Trafficked,” TheWrap has learned. “Trafficked,” which began production in Malibu, California this week, is based on Harvard professor and writer Siddharth Kara’s best-selling book, “Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery.” Kara is considered one of the world’s foremost experts on human trafficking and contemporary slavery. Duffy, famous for his role as Bobby Ewing on iconic primetime soap “Dallas,” wrapped a run in the series’ reboot on TNT in 2014. His other most recent roles include stints on ABC Family’s “The Fosters,...
- 8/7/2015
- by Kathy Zerbib
- The Wrap
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