Free movie screening
31 March 2010 | 2:52 pm
April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Child Abuse Prevention Month. CARDV is teaming up with the Linn County Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse to present free screenings of a powerful documentary which exposes the reality of sex trafficking within America.
The free screenings will be held on:
- April 13th at 6p at the Darkside Cinema in Corvallis (215 SW 4th St. Corvallis)--get directions
- April 20th at 6p at the Venetian Theater in Albany (241 1st Ave. Albany)--get directions
- Discussion to follow both showings
- Note: Due to the content of the film, individuals under the age of 17 will not be admitted with out the supervision of a parent or adult guardian.
Very Young Girls is an expose of human trafficking that follows thirteen and fourteen year old American girls as they are seduced, abused, and sold on New York's streets by pimps, and treated by adult criminals by police. The film follows the barely-adolescent girls in real time, using verite and intimate interviews with them as they are first lured on to the streets and the dire events which follow. The film also uses startling footage shot by the brazen pimps themselves giving a rare glimpse into how the cycle of street life begins for many women.
The film identifies hope for these girls in the organization GEMS (Girls Education and Mentoring Services), a recovery center founded and run by Rachel Lloyd, herself a survivor of sexual exploitation. She and her staff are heroic and relentless in their mission to help girls sent by the court or found on the street. Given a chance to piece their lives back together, some will be on the edge of two different worlds consistently battling the force that will suck them back into the underground. Very Young Girls; unprecedented access to girls and pimps will change the way law enforcement, the media, and society as a whole look at sexual exploitation, street prostitution and human trafficking that is happening right in our own backyard.
--from GEMS website
Special thanks to Darkside Cinema for donating the space and expertise to promote awareness of this very impacting issue in our communities.
If you have questions about this event please email film@cardvservices.org or call the CARDV office (541) 758-0219.
