This list of the best documentaries about human trafficking has been ranked by the community and includes popular and recognizable titles, along with some independent films. What is the best documentary about human trafficking? Vote for the documentary you think handled this controversial subject the best.
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Documentaries are nonfiction and made with the intention of displaying reality for historical purposes and to educate viewers. Most documentaries are driven by independent filmmakers and those passionate about the topics they are portraying.
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aj-gypsy added Nefarious: Merchant of Souls2011 Nefarious: Merchant of Souls is a 2011 American documentary film about modern human trafficking, specifically sexual slavery. Presented from a Christian worldview, Nefarious covers human ...more
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Tricked2012
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Trade of Innocents2012 Trade of Innocents is a 2012 drama film written and directed by Christopher Bessette.
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Amanda's Story2010
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Half the Sky2012 Half the Sky is a 2013 Telly Award winning film.
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Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids2004 Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids is a 2004 Indian-American documentary film about the children of prostitutes in Sonagachi, Kolkata's red light district. The widely acclaimed film, ...more
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Human Trafficking2005 Human Trafficking is a television miniseries about an American Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent going undercover to stop an organization from trafficking people, and shows the struggles ...more
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The Price of Sugar2007 The Price of Sugar is a 2007 Uncommon Productions film directed by Bill Haney and produced by Haney and Eric Grunebaum about exploitation of Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic involved ...more
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Unchosen2013
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Rape for Profit2012
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thisjustin added Taken2008 Taken is a 2008 French action thriller film directed by Pierre Morel, written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, and starring Leland Orser, Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Jon Gries, David ...more
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Call + Response2008 Call + Response is a documentary film released in 2008 by Fair Trade Pictures to support human rights activism against human trafficking and slavery on a community level. The film was Justin ...more
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The Dark Side of Chocolate2010 The Dark Side of Chocolate is a 2010 documentary film about the exploitation and slavetrading of African children to harvest chocolate still occurring nearly ten years after the cocoa industry ...more
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The K11 Journey2012
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The Day My God Died2003
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Cargo: Innocence Lost2008
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Not My Life2011 Not My Life is a 2011 American independent documentary film about human trafficking and contemporary slavery. The film was written, produced, and directed by Robert Bilheimer, who had been asked ...more
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Trafficked No More2014
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Danae Russell added Finding HomeMarch 24, 2014
Follows the lives of three young Cambodian women who were victims of sex trafficking at a young age. Experience these girls heartaches and hopes as they struggle to go from victim to survivor.
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Trading Women2003 Trading Women is a 2003 documentary film by anthropologist David A. Feingold, produced by Dean W. Slotar and narrated by Angelina Jolie. It covers human trafficking of girls from hill tribes in ...more
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Too Close to Home1997 Too Close To Home is a 1994 documentary film directed by Ori Inbar.
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The Jammed2007 The Jammed is a 2007 film written and directed by Dee McLachlan. The film is a story about human trafficking and the sex slave trade in Melbourne, and the search for three girls trapped by a ...more
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Kavi2009
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Danae Russell added Finding Home
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A Dance for Bethany2007
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War/Dance2007 War/Dance is a 2007 American documentary film written and directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine and produced by Shine Global's Susan MacLaury, a professor at Kean University, and Albie ...more
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