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DVD

Trafficked in America

Call Number

  • DVD 306.362 T764 (CEN)

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Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Correspondent, Daffodil Altan.

Publication Information

[Boston, MA] : WGBH Educational Foundation, [2018]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 60 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Trafficked in America investigates how teenagers from Central America were smuggled into the U.S. by traffickers who promised them jobs and a better life--only to force them to live and work in virtual slavery to pay off their debt. This documentary shines new light on a labor trafficking case in which Guatemalan teens were forced by a third-party contractor to work against their will at Trillium Farms in Ohio, a major egg producer. The investigative team exposes a criminal network that exploited undocumented minors, the companies who profited from their forced labor, and how U.S. government policies and practices helped to deliver some teens directly to their traffickers. Trafficked in America presents a rare look inside the hidden reality of labor trafficking in the United States.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of the television series Frontline in 2018.

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