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Post by Ripley on Sept 7, 2016 13:56:15 GMT -5
"...“Just like the book 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin' brought awareness to slavery and helped start a civil war, this movie can instantly turn that dial of public awareness to sex trafficking,” says director Chet Thomas. Toward the beginning of The Abolitionists, a film with a limited release beginning Friday, the audience is introduced to “Batman.” He’s a flawed hero with a troubled past who now works largely in the dark of night, protecting the vulnerable from unimaginable horrors. He differs from the more-famous caped crusader in one important way: He’s real. Batman, we learn, spent 15 years laundering money for drug cartels in Latin America. By his own admission, he was “out of control,” living in a crack hotel, where he met a girl — around 11 years old — whose mother was a prostitute. Her clients, with the approval of mom’s boyfriend, routinely raped the young daughter. Spending time with that girl led to a Christian epiphany for Batman, whose real name is a closely guarded secret. Nowadays, he works undercover, largely with a former Homeland Security officer named Tim Ballard. The two of them set up sting operations worldwide that result in the capture of those who sell children as sex slaves...." The Hollywood Reporter link
There is linked video of sales and other transactions in THR article. By the way, the organization to save children is the one Laurie Holden (TWD- Andrea) works with so there is still a link to TWD .
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