After the Odyssey

Feb 9, 2024

★ 8.0

Overview

After a Dantean journey, women from Nigeria arrive alone and ever younger in Italy, looking for a better life. Such horrors as human trafficking and sexual slavery are waiting for them, as we discover in this ensemble film featuring harrowing stories told in a sensible way that spares us from the unbearable. These tales provoke a broader reflection on migration and otherness.

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Documentary

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Tatouages de la Mémoire

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6.8

Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

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0.0

Happy Endings?

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An intriguing exploration of the Asian massage parlor industry in Providence, RI, where a 25 year-old loophole has made the exchange of sex for money legal - as long as it happens behind closed doors. As the documentary follows a recent Korean immigrant, "Heather", working to operate her spa, the city's mayor fights to change the law that allows her business a legal existence. The film includes interviews with Korean women who work in spas, clients who frequent the spas, politicians from 1980 and today, police, local news footage, radio call-in shows and "voiced" reviews from inter-net escort review boards.

0.0

Fatal Promises

Apr 1, 2009

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0.0

Lilja 4 real

Jan 9, 2003

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4.6

Eyes of the Devil

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7.2

The Dark Side of Chocolate

Mar 16, 2010

A team of journalists investigate how human trafficking and child labor in the Ivory Coast fuels the worldwide chocolate industry. The crew interview both proponents and opponents of these alleged practices, and use hidden camera techniques to delve into the gritty world of cocoa plantations.

3.9

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7.8

Tempestad

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3.5

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An analysis of the impact on the United States Latino community of immigration policies promoted by President Donald Trump.

5.2

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8.0

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10.0

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0.0

Not My Life

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0.0

Into the Light

Aug 4, 2023

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5.0

Ghost Fleet

Aug 31, 2018

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7.6

Out of Shadows

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An exposé on how Hollywood and the mainstream media manipulate the multitudes by spreading propaganda throughout their content.

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0.0

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5.8

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0.0

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