2010 Press Archives
December 31st, 2010 by jen
Summary: 300 Photographs by Sunny Norton from RedLight Children’s “A Night of Entertainment,” Casino themed benefit.
Excerpt: “Jacobson’s and Ezroni’s work on the ground level provided the education and foundation for them to address the issue on a larger scale. After they established RedLight Children, they created a comprehensive legal manifesto of action items to decrease the demand of child sexual exploitation with the aid of a team of international lawyers.”
Times Square New York City. “A Night of Entertainment.” December 14, 2010.
Summary: Casino themed fundraiser to benefit RedLight Children held on December 15, 2010 at Amnesia NYC.
Excerpts: “Westport, a community known for its high level of civic activity and for fostering dialogue on critical human rights issues around the globe, will be the scene of the Connecticut premiere of Redlight, the highly-acclaimed human trafficking documentary.”
Excerpt: “The evening is being presented by the Connecticut Council of Vital Voices Global Partnership and, in addition to the screening, will feature a talk by Mu Sochua, a Cambodian Parliamentarian who has dedicated her life to empowering women and ending the horrors of child trafficking.”
Excerpt: “Describing Redlight as “gut-wrenching” is like calling Guernica a “cute little doodle”. The film introduces the audience to a number of child sex trafficking survivors, some of whom were first sold to a brothel before the onset of puberty.”
ReadysetDC.com. DC Premiere of “Redlight”: A Documentary About Human Trafficking. October 21, 2010.
“REDLIGHT” Trailer and summary.
Brief interview about Guy Jacobson and his latest film, “REDLIGHT” at Café Milano in Washington DC.
Washington Life Magazine. “RedLight Screening/Innocents at Risk”. October 18, 2010.
Photographs by Kyle Samperton at RedLight Children/Innocents at Risk event held at Cafe Milano, Washington DC.
Excerpts: “Robert Rigby-Hall, Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources, LexisNexis Group and chairman of the Somaly Mam Foundation board of directors, said, “We are incredibly proud to be associated with a documentary that follows the work of two truly amazing women, Mu Sochua and Somaly Mam. Somaly has been my personal heroine since I first met her in October 2007 while travelling in Cambodia to see her work. But the atrocities we see in this documentary also occur in major cities around the world, including the United States. As a result, our work to raise awareness and stop human trafficking has spread across the globe.”
Men Kimseng. VOANews.com Khmer. June 29, 2010. “In ‘Red Light,’ a Portrait of the Sex Trade.”
Excerpts: ““Red Light” is also a reminder of the loopholes in Cambodia’s legal frameworks that allow perpetrators to buy their way out of trouble.
“We need to ask ourselves, mostly men, why do men have this urge to exploit a little child, whether it’s a boy or a girl,” Adi Ezroni, one of three directors, said at the screening. “And that’s really the issue that we have to speak about.””
Excerpts: “Deftly blending horror and compassion, hope and futility, REDLIGHT is the second film in a trilogy that is changing the dynamics of child trafficking globally.”
“Filmmaker Guy Jacobson has mastered the emotional edge of sexual slavery and manages to bring it to us in our sterile lives so that we get it – and want to stop it.”
“a true accomplishment in filmmaking”
“Redlight is a brutally honest, gut-wrenching film that is the antithesis of a Hollywood feel-good flick. This is not a ‘veg-out’ movie, but rather a get-involved film…this film is the perfect tool to us for social change…”
Excerpts: “I attended the world premier of REDLIGHT this week in New York City, and was overwhelmed by the plight of children not just in Cambodia but around the world who find themselves locked in a perverse world where their innocence is sold by the hour. Not only in Phnom Penh, but according to the experts, even in Brooklyn.”
Excerpts: “Redlight…is a must-see film that exposes the truth behind the child sex trafficking industry in Cambodia. It will leave you sad, angry, and frustrated, yet surprisingly hopeful that through all the obstacles and hardships, there is a small, yet powerful, glimmer of light.”
Chloe Post. GuestofaGuest.com,June 23, 2010. “Redlight’s Red Carpet Premiere”
Brief summary and photos from the event
Mason Hayutin. June 23, 2010. The Art Quarterly. “Redlight features tough issues”
Experts: “Redlight attempts and succeeds in compelling the audience into action against child sex slavery. This film is not a date night type of documentary though. It is likely to air in a niche cable lineup or news channel though. When it does, expect an Emmy nomination at a minimum – it’s organized backing and Hollywood/celebrity support is likely to extend it’s vital message for us all.”
Photos from the World Premiere Screening and Red Carpet event.
Abigail Pesta. Marie Claire Magazine. June 21, 2010. “Must-See Film: Redlight.”
Excerpts: “…skip The Bachelorette tonight and go see something real: a documentary about young girls who are being sold into sexual slavery in Southeast Asia. We’re talking girls as young as five-years-old.”
Excerpts: “Not often does a filmmaker present both an untenable social problem – and its solution. Not often is its filmmaker an artist as well as a banker and a lawyer.”
Excerpts: “The exploitation of vulnerable people, especially women and children through trafficking, is a direct consequence of the absence of rule of law. The higher the rule-of-law index of a country (as defined by the World Bank), which is associated with a higher cost of living and GDP per capita, the lower the rates of poverty and human trafficking, Prozes said.”
Q&A interview-style article with filmmaker and activist, Guy Jacobson.
The Jakarta Post. January 31, 2010. “Exposing the Red Light Realities of Child Prostitutes.”
Excerpts: “Simply by existing and exposing the issue, the film serves its anti-trafficking message. Its compelling demonstration of how there are no simple answers is powerful.”