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Thai fishing boat slavery in spotlight at Toronto film festival

Ghost Fleet

Thomson Reuters Foundation The plight of workers trapped in slavery on Thai fishing boats has been cast in the spotlight at the Toronto International Film Festival, with the screening of a documentary aimed at making people think twice about the seafood they consume. Ghost Fleet, a 90-minute film backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, follows […]

“No one wanted to make this film”: India’s Pinto stars in sex slave’s tale

Thomson Reuters Foundation A new film starring Slumdog Millionaire‘s Freida Pinto and Demi Moore, about the real-life story of a young Indian girl who gets trapped in the global sex trade, struggled to get funding because it was too controversial. The gritty movie Love Sonia, which also features award-winning Anupam Kher, will premiere in June […]

Award-nominated film spotlights trauma of Calais ‘Jungle’ kids

Aamir film

Thomson Reuters Foundation The director of an award-nominated film about a traumatised boy stuck in the Calais “Jungle” camp has urged Britain to take in more lone child refugees stranded across Europe to prevent them falling prey to traffickers. Vika Evdokimenko’s film Aamir is loosely based on the story of a boy her husband met […]