A National Search for Human Worth

Sex+Money: A National Search for Human Worth is a 90 minute documentary that reveals the alarming truth about child sex sex trafficking in the U.S. and the rise of advocates working to end it. Beginning in September 2009, the film crew traveled to over 30 states and conducted more than 75 interviews with survivors, former traffickers, sex-buyers, law enforcement, politicians, activists, and many others.

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Sex+Money: A National Search for Human Worth is a 90 minute documentary that reveals the alarming truth about sex trafficking in the U.S. and the rise of advocates striving to end it. Beginning in September 2009, the film crew traveled to over 30 states and conducted more than 75 interviews with survivors, former traffickers, sex-buyers, pornographers, law enforcement, politicians, activists, and many others.
About the Film
About the Film

Sex+Money: A National Search for Human Worth follows a group of young journalists as they travel across the United States investigating the growing crisis of sex trafficking in their nation.

How did commercial sexual exploitation become the nation’s fastest-growing form of organized crime? 1 What can be done to stop it? The crew traveled to over 30 states to make the film and conducted more than 75 interviews with federal agents, survivors, former traffickers, politicians, leading activists, psychologists, pornographers, and many others. Released in 2011, Sex+Money: A National Search for Human Worth is the first feature length documentary about domestic minor sex trafficking in the United States.

Sex+Money was first distributed through a grassroots tour of all 50 United States in 2011. The film has been highlighted on CNN, NBC and more. In April 2012 the Sex+Money filmmakers received a Certificate of Recognition from the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, acknowledging their contribution towards resource development for frontline responders to sex trafficking in America. Recently, Sex+Money has been used for training purposes by the FBI’s Innocence Lost Initiative, The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, The Salvation Army, World Vision, Dartmouth College, and many more agencies, schools, universities, and organizations.

“I have seen every film on human trafficking and none is more authentic than Sex+Money. It is better than portrayals funded lavishly. Through the eyes of decent citizens’ inquiry, it drives home what causes and what it takes to abolish slavery. It is unafraid to show buying sex is uncool and fuels human trafficking.” Ambassador Mark P Lagon Ambassador-at-Large and Director (2007-2009) Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP)
Sex+Money – This is a powerful piece on domestic slavery and trafficking.” Demi Moore via Twitter
Sex+Money is a powerful look at the issue of domestic sex trafficking in the U.S. I applaud the courage of those who worked to bring this reality to light. This film will affect change for generations and impact laws and efforts to help those who have been enslaved through the sex trade. ” Natalie Grant Award Winning Recording Artist Founder/Abolition International
Interviewees
Featuring
more than 75 interviews

with federal agents, victims, politicians, activists, psychologists, among others.

Interviewees
Siddharth Kara
Author of “Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery”, Director of the Program on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Author
Carissa Phelps
Sex trafficking survivor and Prosecuting Attorney.
Prosecuting Attorney
Bradley Myles
Executive Director and CEO of Polaris Project.
Executive Director and CEO
Ernie Allen
President and CEO of National Center for Missing & Exploited Children for 23 years until his retirement in June of 2012.
President and CEO
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
(D-NY) Co-Chair and Co-Founder of the Congressional Human Trafficking Caucus.
Congresswoman
Benjamin Skinner
Author “A Crime So Monstrous” and Principal and Founder of Transparentem and co-founder and Operating Partner of TAU
Author
Benjamin Skinner
Luis C. DeBaca
Ambassador-at-Large, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking In Persons, U.S. Department of State.
Ambassador
Linda Smith
Founder and President of Shared Hope International
Founder and President
Dorchen Leidholdt
Director of the Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services and Co-Founder of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW).
Director and Co-Founder
Nate Larkin
Former “john” (buyer of sex), founder of Samson Society, accountability and support network for men.
Former “John”
Kristy Childs
Sex trafficking survivor and Founder of Veronica’s Voice.
Veronica’s Voice
Also Featuring

Derek Williams

Former pimp of 30 years

Stephanie Glass

Sex trafficking survivor

Brenda Myer-Powell

Sex trafficking survivor

“Briana”

Sex trafficking survivor
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