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Holly

Document number
1565
Date
2006
Title
Holly
Author/publisher
Guy Moshe
Availability
LSI library
Document type(s)
Multimedia,
Keywords
Cambodia, United States, Documentary, Sexual exploitation, Prostitution, Irregular migration, Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, Women's rights; Women; Control and regulation of prostitution, Protection, Punishable forms of prostitution,
Summary
Shot on location in Cambodia, including many scenes in actual brothels in the notorious red light district of Phnom Penh, this movie is a captivating, touching and emotional experience. Patrick, an American card shark and dealer of stolen artifacts, has been 'comfortably numb' in Cambodia for years, when he encounters Holly, a 12-year-old Vietnamese girl, in the K11 red light village. The girl has been sold by her impoverished family and smuggled across the border to work as a prostitute. Holly's virginity makes her a lucrative prize, and when she is sold to a child trafficker, Patrick embarks on a frantic search through both the beautiful and sordid faces of the country, in an attempt to bring her to safety. Harsh, yet poetic, this feature forms part of the 'K-11' Project, dedicated to raising awareness of the epidemic of child trafficking and the sex slavery trade through several film projects. The film's producers endured substantial hardships in order to be able to shoot in Cambodia and have also founded the RedLight Children Campaign, which is a worldwide grassroots initiative generating conscious concern and inspiring immediate action against child sexploitation.
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