Film Screening (Human Rights Watch Film Festival): The Price of Sex
INFORMATION:
The Price of Sex: An Investigation of Sex Trafficking
A film by Mimi Chakarova
73 mins
Human Rights Watch Film Festival - Official Selection 2011
An unprecedented and compelling inquiry, THE PRICE OF SEX sheds light on the underground criminal network of
human trafficking and experiences of trafficked Eastern European women forced into prostitution abroad.
Photojournalist Mimi Chakarova’s feature documentary caps years of painstaking, on-the-ground reporting that aired on Frontline (PBS) and 60 Minutes (CBS) and earned her an Emmy nomination, Magnum photo agency’s
Inge Morath Award, and a Webby for Internet excellence.
Filming undercover with extraordinary access, even posing as a prostitute to gather her material, Bulgarian-born
Chakarova travels from impoverished rural areas in post-Communist Eastern Europe, including her grandmother’s
village, to Turkey, Greece, and Dubai. This dangerous investigative journey brings Chakarova face to face with
trafficked women willing to trust her and appear on film undisguised. Their harrowing first-person accounts,
as well as interviews with traffickers, clients, and anti-trafficking activists, expose the root causes, complex connections,
and stark significance of sexual slavery today.
For more information, contact sofia.ijaz@mail.utoronto.ca
