MFG News
Date Posted: March 22nd, 2006
Posted by: Mark Krupa, MFG member/actor
Dear MFG,
The mini-series that got the highest ratings on US cable
last year - HUMAN TRAFFICKING - along with 2 Gloden Globe nominations so far
for best actor and actress, Donald Sutherland and Mira Sorvino - is being
presented as part of a symposium this week.
But more importantly it raises awareness of a topic - a
plague, rather - that is expanding across the global village -- sex
slavery.
The symposium features three scheduled events, including a free screening of
HUMAN TRAFFICKING and a Q+A with Christian Duguay, the director on Sunday.
The attached document (below) provides specific details. I
thought the MFG may be interested in knowing more about the issue and the
mini-series which will also air in French on TQS April 2-3rd. (Human Trafficking was produced by
MUSE here in MTL).
In addition to Robert Carlyle, the mini-series features a
plethora of known (Remy Girard, Isabelle Blais, Celine Bonier, Laurence
Leboeuf) and unknown Montreal actors, and actresses especially, who
were given challenging roles in a strong, authentic TV script.
Best regards,
Mark A. Krupa
End Human
Trafficking? What Can I Do?
March 23 - 26 Awareness
& Action Programs
Victor Malarek, CTV W5
Reporter; Christian Duguay, Film Director
Thursday, March
23, 7:30 PM - Award-winning journalist, Victor Malarek,
author of The Natashas,
has 30+ years of experience in Canadian news. He
brings his hard-hitting
investigative skills to CTV's current affairs show
W-Five as its senior
reporter. He takes us inside the human trafficking
network and its
practices. This lecture is open to the public, free of
charge.
Friday, March 24 at
8:15 PM - Victor Malarek will speak at Shabbat Services.
What can we at Temple do
about human trafficking?
Sunday, March 26
- Blockbuster movie, free and open to the public. "Human
Trafficking,"
starring Mira Sorvino, Donald Sutherland and Robert Carlyle,
directed by Christian
Duguay. Presented by Muse Entertainment Enterprises Inc. This
strongly-acted film is not suitable for pre-teen viewing.
The film is shown in
two parts. By using the following schedule, you can
see either or both
parts. Supper is for those who see both parts.
4:00 - 5:30 PM
-screening of "Human Trafficking" Part I, starring Mira
Sorvino, Donald
Sutherland and Robert Carlyle, directed by Christian Duguay.
5:30 - 6:00 PM - Light
supper ($5.00 charge)
6:00 - 7:30 PM -
"Human Trafficking" Part II
7:30 - 8:00 PM -
Discussion with director, Christian Duguay.
Trafficking in people
has spread across the globe. It's the world's
fastest-growing form of
international crime, called "the new global slave
trade."
"It's a horrendous
activity," says Debora O'Neil, an analyst with RCMP's
Criminal Intelligence
Directorate (CID) who recently authored the assessment
of human trafficking in
Canada.
"In Vancouver, . .
.8 to 10 Malaysian women were confined in an apartment
for the purpose of
servicing Asian clients. This criminal activity occurs
all over the world. It
involves the treatment of people as commodity and is
an affront to human
dignity."
Reports estimate that
anywhere between 700,000 and four million people are
trafficked worldwide
each year. The main targets are women and children in
Third World countries
who are recruited by criminals and promised a better
life abroad. Instead,
they are often sold into the sex trade and held
against their will.
Many are too ashamed or fearful to get help.
Canada is largely a
destination and a transit country for women who are
trafficked for the
purposes of sexual exploitation. Most arrive from Asia,
Latin America, Russia
and Eastern Europe. Based on various reports, CID
estimates that anywhere
between 1,500 and 2,200 persons are trafficked from
Canada into the United
States each year.
Human trafficking is
something beyond prostitution. Don't think that women
are choosing such
lives, that it's their fault because they went wrong. No,
young women are being
lured into this world against their will, kidnapped,
entrapped. The most
important thing for people to understand is that human
trafficking is slavery.
Women and children are unwillingly being forced into
that life, and it's
horrifying.
"Human trafficking
is an international epidemic that affects us
all," says
Producer Michael Prupas. "With a great script and outstanding
cast, the miniseries
will bring this important issue to audiences who may
not have known about
the existence of this horrific problem. I hope it will
expose human
trafficking, raise public awareness and lead to solutions."
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