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2009 film by Adi Ezroni
Redlight |
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Directed by | Guy Jacobson
Adi Ezroni Charles Kiselyak |
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Written by |
Colin K. Gray Guy Jacobson Megan Raney |
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Produced by | Kerry Girvin
Lucy Liu Adi Ezroni Guy Jacobson Charles Kiselyak Colin K. Gray Megan Raney |
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Starring |
Somaly Mam
Susan Bissell
Kevin Bales |
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Narrated by | Lucy Liu |
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Cinematography | Guy Jackson |
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Edited by | Denise Cochran Kerry Girvin Jane Rizzo |
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Music by | Kurt Gellersted Mark Stephan Kondracki Soren Sorensen |
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Distributed by | Guggenheim Girvin Pictures Max Entertainment Priority Films |
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Country | United States |
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Languages | English Khmer |
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Budget | $500,000 |
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Redlight (sometimes misspelled Red Light) is a
documentary film about
human trafficking in Cambodia that
premiered on October 4, 2009 at the
Woodstock Film Festival.
[1]
Lucy Liu was the film's
executive producer
[2] and narrator.
[3] The film is produced by Kerry Girvin and directed by Guy Jacobson and Adi Ezroni.
[4] Redlight documents four years of the lives of several Cambodian children who are
kidnapped for the purpose of
child prostitution.
[5] These children are both boys and girls, and some are only 3 or 4 years old.
[6] Some of the film's
footage was recorded secretly in
brothels and then smuggled out.
[7] Liu promoted the film at the 2009
Cairo International Film Festival.
[8]
Showtime televised the film as part of Human Trafficking Awareness Month in 2010.
[9] The first screening in
Connecticut took place in
Westport that November.
[10]
References
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^ Timothy Malcolm (September 29, 2009).
"Actress Liu hopes 'Redlight' raises awareness of sex trafficking".
Times Herald-Record. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
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^ Cindy Von Quednow (September 21, 2009).
"Lucy Liu and Others Advocate Against Trafficking Sex, Domestic Workers". Kansas City infoZine. Archived from
the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
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"Highly Acclaimed Human Trafficking Documentary, Redlight, Premieres in New York".
TheStreet.com. June 21, 2010. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
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^
"Human rights activist Mu Sochua to speak in Ridgefield, Weston".
The Hour. October 28, 2010. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
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^ Lisa A. Keister; Darby E. Southgate (2012). Inequality: A Contemporary Approach to Race, Class, and Gender.
Cambridge University Press. p. 411.
ISBN
978-1139504492.
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^ V.A. Musetto (September 27, 2009).
"Kids' Sex Tragedy".
New York Post. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
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^ Italy Hod (April 17, 2010).
"What's Lucy Liu Doing in the Congo?".
The Daily Beast. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
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"Lucy Liu film highlights child trafficking".
The Gleaner. November 13, 2009. Archived from
the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
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^ Kelly West (September 1, 2010).
"Showtime to Air Lucy Liu Narrated Documentary on Human Trafficking". Cinema Blend. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
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"Nobel Peace Prize nominee to speak at Connecticut premiere of Redlight". WestportNews. November 1, 2010. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
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