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Frozen River

Document number
2157
Date
2008
Title
Frozen River
Author/publisher
Courtney Hunt
Availability
LSI library
Document type(s)
Multimedia,
Keywords
Trafficking process, Recruitment, Transportation, Transit, Transfer, Consent,
Summary

Living in upstate New York, Ray Eddy finds herself alone with her kids and completely broke when her gambler husband runs off with their savings. An answer to her problems seems to come in the form of another poor single mother who’s involved in a risky operation transporting Chinese and Pakistani immigrants across the frozen river from Canada to the US. This film illuminates the grim reality of the struggle for survival which motivates those involved in human trafficking. A detailed review can be found here.

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