Shattered Dreams: Sex Trafficking in America

Name: Shattered Dreams: Sex Trafficking in America
Released: 2019-05-05

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2019•54 min•Documentary

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This Emmy award-winning documentary explores the deeply rooted psychological issues that victims of sex trafficking face on a daily basis at the hands of pimps and buyers. Through firsthand testimony of abuse from three survivors of the illicit sex trade, the complex nature of this form of modern-day slavery is revealed. Investigative interviews with leading experts provide further insight on what drives the industry, exposing misconceptions many of us harbor that allow sex trafficking to thrive.

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