Date: 4/20/2021, 9:00 am—11:00 am
County: -Training Offerings
Location: DISTANCE LEARNING
Sponsor: WestCoast Children’s Clinic
Phone: 510-269-9030
Website: http://www.westcoastcc.org
Men and boys throughout the United States fall victim to modern-day slavery and are forced to sell their bodies for sex. While the movement of sex trafficking has brought significant awareness to female victims of trafficking, males have been starkly overlooked. Boys Documentary seeks to do just that – bring validity to the truth that males are victims of sex trafficking here in the United States.
In January 2014, Chris & Anna Smith joined forces with Kartal Peel to travel across the United States to film BOYS Documentary. Over several years this passion team conducted interviews with survivors, service care providers, and law enforcement in New York, North Carolina, Atlanta, Colorado, Washington DC, Illinois, Philadelphia, and Wisconsin.
Through their interviews, Chris, Anna, and Kartal gained an understanding of what male sex trafficking looks like within the United States. In search of an answer to the enormous problem, they found the rebounding voices of the men who identify as ones with lived experience as the most powerful testimony to healing and reliance. Here in Boys Documentary, they hold space for their stories to be seen, heard, and known.
Boys Documentary tells the narrative of male sex trafficking through the voices of four brave men and a collection of allies who stand with them in solidarity.
BOYS Documentary is a clear statement that absolutely boys and men are sex trafficked and our humanities response to be the antidote to this crime by standing with survivors.