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Not My Life

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normally twenty years. Two Romanian traffickers, Traian and Ovidiu, attest to having starved, punched, and kicked the girls they trafficked. Ovidiu recounts a story, in an interview filmed in February 2007, about kidnapping a prostitute and selling her for sex when he was 14. He expresses no remorse for these actions. The sentences served by Traian and Ovidiu were short enough that, by the time the film was released, they were no longer in prison. Ana, a girl they trafficked, is also interviewed in the film, saying that she lost a tooth in one of her beatings. She describes being pregnant at the time, but not telling this to her captors because of fears for the unborn child's safety.
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Bilheimer on the few interviews with traffickers that he did include, but she condemned as inadequate the "only passing reference to the thousands of men who engage in sexual tourism, like those who travel to Cambodia to 'buy' traumatized children who they can then abuse for weeks at a time." Popescu also called the film "simplistic", arguing that it should have more clearly expressed that sex trafficking victims are not able to provide legitimate consent for sexual activity because they are afraid that their lives might be in danger if they do not comply. John Rash of the
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audience may more readily identify become one among many woven into the fabric of global trafficking." Tripurari Sharan, Director General of DD, said that his organization was pleased to air the film and hoped that doing so would bring about greater awareness across India about human trafficking in the country. He called the film "both an eye-opener and a profoundly moving call to action".
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rounded up to be sexually trafficked in Italy. He further explains that, normally, before they leave Albania, the traffickers kill one of the girls in front of the others—usually by burning or shooting—to demonstrate what will happen to others who try to escape. Matei adds that, for the sake of amusement, some of the girls would be buried alive with only their heads remaining above ground.
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she says, close to tears. Outside the film, Bilheimer said that Angie's trafficker expected her to engage in forty sex acts a night, and threatened to kill her if she refused. "It's not just truck drivers," FBI agent Mike Beaver says. "We're seeing them purchased and abused by both white collar and blue collar individuals." This statement segues into a
1128:, said that "the unrelenting, unpunished, and craven exploitation of millions of human beings for labor, sex, and hundreds of sub-categories thereof is simply the most appalling and damaging expression of so-called human civilization we have ever seen." Bilheimer's wife, Heidi Ostertag, is Worldwide Documentaries' Senior Producer, and she co-produced 1085:, who wanted to commission a film that would "bring the issue of modern slavery to the attention of public opinion, globally—especially the well-meaning, law-abiding and God-fearing people who do not believe something so horrible is happening in their own neighborhood." With this goal in mind, Costa approached Worldwide Documentaries, an 987:, Guatemalan trafficker Efrain Ortiz is shown being arrested, and the film indicates that he was later given a prison sentence of 95 years. Ortiz had two sons he had been using for waste collection and five daughters he had been committing incest with. Bilheimer accompanies IJM representatives Pablo Villeda, Amy Roth, and 1657:
remains intact and is still very moving, with an even sharper focus, now, on the girls themselves." In this statement, Bilheimer requested that people screening previous versions of the film tell their audiences that the presence of Somaly in the film is understandably a distraction, that the film is
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called the film "a cacophony of concerned voices speaking about a modern-day scourge." Rash praised the film for its global scope, but suggested that this geographical breadth allows American audiences to ignore the fact that the trafficking of children is prevalent in the United States and not just
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Radu is interviewed in this portion of the film, as is Tournecuillert, who speaks about his experiences in Albania, where he heard about the sex trafficking of girls and how some of the girls would be shot or burned to death as a warning to the other girls. He describes how Albanian girls are often
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In May 2014, the Somaly Mam Foundation released a statement that Somaly had resigned from her leadership of the organization as a result of investigations regarding allegations about her personal history. The following month, Bilheimer released a statement in response, saying that he had re-edited
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movement did not yet exist. He described his purpose in creating the film as to raise awareness and initiate such a movement. He also wished to communicate to his audiences that not all human trafficking is sexual. Traffickers "commit unspeakable, wanton acts of violence against their fellow human
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when they were teenagers. Angie recounts how they were expected to have sex with truck drivers and steal their money. She describes an incident when, after Melissa found pictures of a man's grandchildren in his wallet, they realized he was old enough to be their own grandfather. "I wanted to die,"
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returns to the boy holding his breath underwater in Ghana. His name is revealed to be Etse, and it is stated that he and six other trafficking victims shown in the film have been rescued. Some of the last words in the film are spoken by Brazilian human rights advocate Leo Sakomoto: "I can't see a
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centered on evocative, sexualized slave imagery, including a scantily-clad Ricci in chains. According to Rhodes, Bilheimer "rescue modern slaves from representation as exotic creatures, to restore their humanity" and allow audiences to relate to them. For this purpose, Bilheimer tells stories of
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and Southeast Asia, and other kinds of child abuse. The focus of the film is on trafficking victims, especially women and children, the latter of whom are often betrayed by adults that they trust. The film also focuses on the people and organizations engaged in working against human trafficking,
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called it a "highly-distilled ... remarkable film," describing Bilheimer as "committed to strong story-telling and film-as-craft." She commends Bilheimer on alternating between American sequences and scenes in other countries, allowing "the experiences of young women with whom an American
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In Zoha Prison in Romania, there are interviews with traffickers serving prison sentences that the film suggested were too short in light of the severity of the crime of human trafficking. The typical sentence for this crime is six or seven years, while the sentence for trafficking in drugs is
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Lucy Popescu of CineVue called the film "a powerful indictment of the global trade in human beings and the abuse of vulnerable people," but criticized the film for focusing on human trafficking victims, arguing that the perpetrators should have been dealt with more prominently. She commended
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for 14 hours a day. Many of the children die as a result of the working conditions. A 10-year-old boy swims through the murky water towards the camera, looking into it, and holds his breath underwater while trying to unsnarl a fishing net. Next, Senegalese
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individuals in the context of their communities and families. While Bilheimer had previously done extensive social justice work with religious organizations, he did not proselytize in the film, despite the many opportunities the film afforded him to do so.
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in September 2009 as part of a day-long symposium on human trafficking. A preview screening in Egypt, including the material shot in that country that was later removed, took place in December 2010 at the International Forum against Human Trafficking in
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and human trafficking; there is, for this reason, much overlap between the groups victimized by these two afflictions. Bilheimer attempted to fashion the film in such a way that every part of it would illustrate a statement made by
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and Southeast Asia, and other kinds of child abuse. The film also focuses on the people and organizations engaged in working against human trafficking. The film asserts that most victims of human trafficking are children. Actress
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praised the film for "raising awareness and speaking about taboo subjects," arguing that these activities "are critical to empower families, communities, and governments to speak out honestly and take action against abuses."
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campaign in 2012 to allow local organizations opposing human trafficking to screen the film. That same year, he expressed a willingness to release fifteen-minute excerpts from the film to help its message reach more people.
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schools, appear. There are approximately 50,000 talibes in Senegal who are forced to beg on the streets to make money for their teachers; children who do not meet their quotas are beaten. Many of these children suffer from
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with him. She said that she found making a film about human trafficking difficult because "people do not want to talk about this issue." Bilheimer found that the connections he had made during the production of
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families are shown in Central and Eastern Europe, and the narration indicates that Romani boys are often trafficked for the purpose of forced child begging, and that Romani girls are regularly trafficked as
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made the information in this portion of the film outdated, despite the continued existence of most of these schools. Much of the interview with Molly Melching was removed as well. During the editing of
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encourages viewers to personally combat human trafficking. Bilheimer was sparing in his use of statistics in the film, feeling that overloading viewers with figures might numb them to the issues.
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the film in order to remove the scenes depicting Somaly and that the new version would be available shortly. Bilheimer wrote that "the storytelling in the Cambodia segment of
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begins with a black screen on which the words "Human trafficking is slavery" appear in white. A sequence filmed in Ghana follows, showing children who are forced to fish in
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as the third installment. As of 2013, however, the Worldwide Documentaries website stated that Bilheimer was considering different subjects for his next film, including
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in New York City, the theme of which was human exploitation. Segments from the film were included in "Can You Walk Away?", a 2012 exhibition on contemporary slavery at
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not primarily about Somaly but rather about the millions of children in slavery in the world, and that this focus is what is most important about the film.
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documents forced child begging in Senegal, where around 50,000 talibes beg on the streets under the threat of being beaten if they do not meet set quotas.
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in Cambodia identify Americans as the clients who were the most abusive to them. Bilheimer agreed with this assertion in an interview outside the film.
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good life while there are people living like animals. Not because I'm a good person, not because it's my duty, but because they are human—like me."
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In Guatemala, Bilheimer facilitated the arrest of trafficker Ortiz by renting a car for the police to use, in order to film the arrest as part of
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of millions of people and identifies the practices of traffickers as undermining international economics, security, sustainability and health.
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was shorter than the version shown at the premiere. An even shorter version, only 30 minutes long, was created with school audiences in mind.
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in New Delhi on June 26, 2014. Satyarthi was one of the panelists in a panel discussion accompanying the screening, as was Indian filmmaker
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to raise awareness about the types of human trafficking that might take place in conjunction with the events. Bilheimer initiated an
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took place over four years in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America documenting human trafficking in thirteen countries:
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schools instituted by Suzanne Mubarak was gathered, but Bilheimer eventually removed much of this content from the film because the
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all purchased licenses. The latter organization planned to use the film as part of an anti-human-trafficking campaign.
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was subsequently dedicated to him. Bilheimer said that Young had believed in the film far more than he himself had.
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For the 2014 re-release of the film, Bilheimer added new content relating to India, including an interview with
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at the time. The sex trafficking victims shown in the film include children as young as five and six years old.
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for 14 hours a day. The film also depicts sex trafficking victims, some of whom are only five or six years old.
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was shorter than the version shown at the premiere. In 2014, a re-edited version of the film was released.
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in Cambodia identify Americans as the clients who were the most abusive to them. The film was dedicated to
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was, and many people believe that slavery was abolished a long time ago with such instruments as the U.S.
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is an important documentary because it brings attention to underreported forms of abuse. A reviewer from
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in Washington, DC. A hotel chain presented the film to its staff in London in preparation for the
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gave Worldwide Documentaries a grant to do anti-human trafficking work over a three-year period.
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as they and the local police arrest Ortiz; he is charged with exploitation of children and
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Bilheimer accepted Costa's proposition, and subsequently wrote, produced, and directed
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and did not sleep. Filming in Svay Pak took place in March 2010, and shooting in
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Bilheimer has a long history of work with faith-based projects, and his father,
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in Egypt. Bilheimer removed much of the related content from the film after the
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reacts furiously, perceiving the raid as taking away her livelihood. Then, the
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Later that month, on December 15, the film's cinematographer and co-director
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in New York City. The narration was completely rerecorded in 2011, replacing
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Fifty people are interviewed in the film, including investigative journalist
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beings," he said, "and are rarely punished for their crimes." Production of
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calls attention to the fact that, in the United States, the sentencing for
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woman named Angie who was prostituted with another girl, Melissa, in the
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operating in ten African countries. As Bilheimer and Melching spoke in
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of the Somaly Mam Foundation, Molly Melching of Tostan in Senegal, and
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to be the first two installments in a trilogy; he intended to make an
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is interviewed, and says that all of the girls they have rescued from
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of UNICEF's Child Protection Section, Antonio Maria Costa of UNODC,
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because the poor and the outcast are at the greatest risk of both
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had several preview screenings before its official release. The
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The film had its official premiere in Alice Tully Hall at the
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as the second installment in a trilogy, the first being
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has been called "a cautionary tale". It depicts the
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This Is Not My Life
Original film poster
Robert Bilheimer
Richard Young
Glenn Close
Chris Brubeck
Dave Brubeck
Susan Tedeschi
Derek Trucks
independent
human trafficking
contemporary slavery
Robert Bilheimer
Antonio Maria Costa
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
A Closer Walk
Molly Melching
Tostan
Albania
Brazil
Cambodia
Egypt
Ghana
Guatemala
India
Italy
Nepal
Romania
Senegal
Uganda

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