PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC—Jamaican audiences will be capable to view the function movie Trafficked later this month. The “Trafficked Tour of the Caribbean” was conceptualized by the NGO Eye on Dependency radio discuss as a method to unfold consciousness of the hazards of drug and human trafficking, two main points continuously tackled by this system.
Assist from the Ministry of International and CARICOM Affairs was offered by means of the Ministry’s Headquarters and Trinidad and Tobago’s Excessive Fee to Jamaica, headed by Deryck Murray.
The Excessive Fee diligently facilitated logistical and different preparations for the movie screening.
FilmTT, the State company selling the native movie business at dwelling and overseas, additionally assisted in protecting the lodging prices by means of their line Ministry of Commerce and Business.
Caribbean Airways sponsored airfare for the EOD workforce of Garth St. Clair and Natasha Nunez and the newly appointed Director of the Counter Trafficking Unit (CTU), Allan Meiguel, who accompanies the EOD Workforce on the Tour.
Because the movie’s govt producer, Eye on Dependency has labored carefully with the CTU below the Ministry of Nationwide Safety since its launch in 2015.
Trafficked was recognized within the Prevention part of the US State Division’s 2017 Trafficking in Individuals Report as having contributed to Trinidad and Tobago being elevated to Tier 2 on the Report rating.
This was as a result of quite a few screenings of the movie throughout Trinidad and Tobago for faculties, communities, legislation enforcement, and even on-line.
Whereas the movie is a retelling of precise occasions round drug trafficking, the CTU believed that human trafficking indicators had been additionally current and sought to make use of the movie as a instructing software to focus on the Act, Means, and Objective of modern-day slavery.
The workforce arrives in Jamaica on June 24.
The movie can be screened twice on consecutive days, with a meet-and-greet earlier than the movie and a Q&A phase for the viewers after it.
The primary screening will happen on June 25 to a joint viewers of the College of the West Indies (UWI) and the College of Expertise.
The second screening, on June 26, can be on the Palace Cineplex for a specifically invited group of stakeholders within the diplomatic, legislation enforcement, social work, and NGO sectors.
June 26 additionally marks World Medicine Day, a United Nations commemoration highlighting annual themes that Eye on Dependency has promoted on its radio program over the previous 22 years.
Eye on Dependency director and co-host Garth St. Clair mentioned of the Tour that he’s “excited to be allowed to unfold the phrase all through the Caribbean concerning the significance of those points whereas demonstrating, by means of the presence of the CTU on the Tour, that authorities of Trinidad and Tobago is making important strides in combating the scourge of drug and human trafficking.”
Other than the purpose of elevating consciousness, Eye on Dependency hopes to make connections with anti-trafficking organizations in Jamaica to strengthen the necessity for Caribbean territories to share info, data, and perception into the worldwide crimes of drug and human trafficking which proceed to plague the area and to showcase the ability of the humanities (particularly movie) in telling tales that may positively impression real-life victims and survivors.
Trafficked, written and directed by Sean Hodgkinson, is one of some regionally produced movies that has loved vital and industrial success in Trinidad and Tobago and the world, having gained a number of awards at movie festivals in Asia, North America, and the Caribbean.
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