Human Rights Arts & Film Festival. Human Rights, Australia.

TRADE
Australian Premiere

Germany/USA 2007, English/Spanish with English subtitles, 120 mins.
Director(s): Marco Kreuzpaintner
Writer(s): Jose Rivera & Peter Landesman
Producer(s): Roland Emmerich & Rosilyn Heller
Genre: Narrative drama
Film Website: www.tradethemovie.com
Themes: Child trafficking, freedom from sexual slavery, freedom from forced labour, rights of the child
Related Links: http://www.donttradelives.com.au/dtl/

German Film Awards in Gold 2008 - Best Sound
Sundance Film Festival 2007 - Official Selection Hessian Film Awards 2007 - Cinema for Peace Munich Film Festival 2007- Bernhard Wicki Film Award & CineMerit Award

Synopsis

Adriana is kidnapped by international sex traffickers and forced into a world of corruption and slavery, where her only hope for survival lies with her brother Jorge.

The American debut of Marco Kreuzpaintner, one of Germany's leading young directors, Trade is based on a screenplay by Academy Award nominee Jose Rivera (The Motorcycle Diaries). Inspired by Peter Landesman's chilling New York Times Magazine story on the US sex trade, Trade is a devastating expose of one of the world's most heinous crimes.