Sacrifice
General Information
- Author/Creator
- Bruno, Ellen, director.
- Language
- English.
- Published
- United States, 1996.
- Physical Description
- DVD-ROM (48 min.)
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00004148
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- Each year thousands of young girls are recruited from rural Burmese villages to work in the sex industry in neighboring Thailand. Held for years in debt bondage in illegal Thai brothels, they suffer extreme abuse by pimps, clients, and the police. The trafficking of Burmese girls has soared in recent years as a direct result of political repression in Burma. Human rights abuses, war and ethnic discrimination has displaced hundreds of thousands of families, leaving families with no means of livelihood. An offer of employment in Thailand is a rare chance for many families to escape extreme poverty. ”Sacrifice” examines the social, cultural, and economic forces at work in the trafficking of Burmese girls into prostitution in Thailand. It is the story of the valuation and sale of human beings, and the efforts of teenage girls to survive a personal crisis born of economic and political repression.
Subjects
- Genre
- Documentary films
Bibliographic Information
- Note
- Soros Documentary Fund
- Library Special Collection
- Soros Documentary Fund
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Call Number | Status | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD-ROM | OSA Film Library | FL Record 2532 | Available | - | - |
| Digital film | OSA Film Library | FL Record 2532 (HU_OSA_00004148.mp4) | Available | Access Copy, MP4 format |