to unpack what the sisters are doing to re-center survivors’ stories, as well as acknowledging the work that still desperately needs to be done.
Equality Now wanted to get behind the film and use it as a tool to educate, because we have not seen the story told this way and it is a way that trafficking does happen. What we were so happy that Equality Now could do for us was work with a tremendous amount of survivors and other organizations that are survivor led—we got to show the film to survivors, and get their opinion about the film and how the final edit should be.
We were trying to do this last year but there were some logistical issues with locations and timing—and then quarantine happens.
The goal is to raise awareness from a place of information because there is a tremendous amount of misinformation surrounding trafficking and conspiracy theories out there. When we get caught up in the conspiracies and say that celebrities are involved in this, you’re detracting from survivors and people who have actually been through it, who want to tell their story—we need to be focusing on that because that is real and that is experience.
On the legal side of things, I feel very passionate that survivors need a seat at the table when policy is being made. They should not be expected to tell their story over and over, and not actually have a say in the policy. Obviously the policy being made the final decision is on Congress, but they really need to take these survivor opinions into account especially if they are willing to share their story and opinions and give information about how this actually happens.
corinnemahrens VanessaMarano Important to center survivors always, thank you VanessaMarano and corinnemahrens.
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