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NEW DELHI: Not my life, perhaps the first-ever film on human trafficking made on a global scale, will have its international premiere on Doordarshan. It will be aired on 29 June at 9.30 pm.
Directed by Oscar nominee Robert Bilheimer in collaboration with eminent filmmaker Mike Pandey of Riverbank Studios, the film made in five continents depict the harsh realities of human trafficking on a global scale.
The telecast of the 56-minute documentary dubbed in Hindi has been sponsored by Carlson and the Carlson Family Foundation.
Even as human trafficking remains a major curse in this country as in the rest of the world, the conviction rate as against the cases filed was a mere 0.6 per cent last year, according to Kailash Satyarthi of Bachpan Bachao Andolan who has been interviewed in the film.
Though an American report claims that 15 per cent of the cases relating to human slavery are solved every year in India, there is unfortunately very little sympathy or support for those who are fighting against human slavery often at the cost of their lives.
“Indian children go missing in India every eight minutes”, said Satyarthi, one of the prominent human rights activists interviewed in the film. “These children become slaves. They work in factories and in brothels, and they number in the millions.”
At a press meet held, Satyarthi called for an End Child Slavery Week globally from 20 November. The meet was addressed in addition to Satyarthi by Doordarshan director general Tripurari Sharan, eminent filmmaker Mike Pandey, K B Kachru of Carlson and the Carlson Family Foundation, and Smitra Mishra of iPartner India.
A heart-rending film that moved all those who saw it,Not My Lifeis a co-production of Worldwide Documentaries, and Riverbank Studios in Delhi. The film was filmed on five continents in a dozen countries over a period of more than four years.
Speaking on the occasion, Doordarshan Director General Tripurari Sharan said Doordarshan had joined the endeavour to take the film to the remotest corners of the country and overseas where it is seen, so that it can create the right kind of impact about the horrors of human trafficking. He said only a public service broadcaster could do this kind of work.
Plans are already underway for a re-broadcast ofNot My Lifeon DD in November, along with an Indian premiere ofNot My Lifein New Delhi, and the announcement of a three-year community-based awareness campaign designed to radically alter how Indians from all walks of life understand, and respond to, human trafficking and modern slavery crimes.
Mike Pandey of Riverbank Studios who co-produced the film said the Earth Matters Foundation is actively involved in creating awareness amongst the common people about the problems around them, whether they relate to human slavery or to the degradation of the earth. He said the film emphasised “the urgent need for a nationwide collective effort at all levels if we want slavery to end. This alone will ensure a secure future for our children and a life without fear
READ MORE:-http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/terrestrial/dd-to-premiere-not-my-life-140628
Directed by Oscar nominee Robert Bilheimer in collaboration with eminent filmmaker Mike Pandey of Riverbank Studios, the film made in five continents depict the harsh realities of human trafficking on a global scale.
The telecast of the 56-minute documentary dubbed in Hindi has been sponsored by Carlson and the Carlson Family Foundation.
Even as human trafficking remains a major curse in this country as in the rest of the world, the conviction rate as against the cases filed was a mere 0.6 per cent last year, according to Kailash Satyarthi of Bachpan Bachao Andolan who has been interviewed in the film.
Though an American report claims that 15 per cent of the cases relating to human slavery are solved every year in India, there is unfortunately very little sympathy or support for those who are fighting against human slavery often at the cost of their lives.
“Indian children go missing in India every eight minutes”, said Satyarthi, one of the prominent human rights activists interviewed in the film. “These children become slaves. They work in factories and in brothels, and they number in the millions.”
At a press meet held, Satyarthi called for an End Child Slavery Week globally from 20 November. The meet was addressed in addition to Satyarthi by Doordarshan director general Tripurari Sharan, eminent filmmaker Mike Pandey, K B Kachru of Carlson and the Carlson Family Foundation, and Smitra Mishra of iPartner India.
A heart-rending film that moved all those who saw it,Not My Lifeis a co-production of Worldwide Documentaries, and Riverbank Studios in Delhi. The film was filmed on five continents in a dozen countries over a period of more than four years.
Speaking on the occasion, Doordarshan Director General Tripurari Sharan said Doordarshan had joined the endeavour to take the film to the remotest corners of the country and overseas where it is seen, so that it can create the right kind of impact about the horrors of human trafficking. He said only a public service broadcaster could do this kind of work.
Plans are already underway for a re-broadcast ofNot My Lifeon DD in November, along with an Indian premiere ofNot My Lifein New Delhi, and the announcement of a three-year community-based awareness campaign designed to radically alter how Indians from all walks of life understand, and respond to, human trafficking and modern slavery crimes.
Mike Pandey of Riverbank Studios who co-produced the film said the Earth Matters Foundation is actively involved in creating awareness amongst the common people about the problems around them, whether they relate to human slavery or to the degradation of the earth. He said the film emphasised “the urgent need for a nationwide collective effort at all levels if we want slavery to end. This alone will ensure a secure future for our children and a life without fear
READ MORE:-http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/terrestrial/dd-to-premiere-not-my-life-140628
