Slavery Takes the Glamour Out of Sex

Emma Thompson takes on a disturbing role as sex trafficking victim.

By: KuhaneGuy | Oct 30, 2007 |  1

Categories: Human & Civil Rights, Artevist

The Helen Bamber Foundation and The Body Shop (both UK-based) have collaborated on the making of a disturbing and provoking public service announcement (PSA) aimed at moving public opinion and policy against sex trafficking in the UK and around the world.

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Being aired on UK television, it stars Emma Thompson, though the word "stars" is hardly appropriate. Thompson here is the antithesis of Hollywood glamour, though for the unseen perpetrators, it doesn't seem to matter.

Sex trafficking is not a limited, covert activity. It takes place around the world and continues to grow in size and severity. Traffickers operate with impunity as most countries have poor and antiquated laws to fight it, or protect its victims - almost exclusively women and children. In many parts of the developing world, victims have NO rights or protection.

So there is increasing awareness of the problem, and I've recently seen more documentary and news coverage of cases dealing with sex trafficking and sex tourism. Shouldn't there be more? A quick search of the web led me to this lovely Tee. A good find for supporters of sex trafficking, in case they forgot to buy souveneirs for their wives or friends back home.

The Helen Bamber Foundation works with "survivors of cruelty" - those scared by torture, rape, physical and psychological abuse. It is the work of Helen Bamber and Michael Korzinski PhD, two of the world's most respected human rights activists.

Anita Roddick, founder of the The Body Shop, counted The Helen Bamber Foundation in the long list of organizations she supported. No doubt, she would have been involved in this production's early stages before her death this past September.

This should certainly move some to creative action, as it did the filmmakers. The video was written by Neal Colyer and directed by Steven Sander of Quiet Storm Films, UK.

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