Human Trafficking (TV miniseries)
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Human Trafficking is a television mini-series about an agent going undercover to stop an organization from trafficking people, it also showed the struggles of three trafficked women. It premiered in the United States on Lifetime Television on October 24, 2005 and later aired on CityTV in several major Canadian markets. It starred Mira Sorvino, Donald Sutherland and Robert Carlyle, with a supporting cast including Rémy Girard, Laurence Leboeuf, Isabelle Blais, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse and Céline Bonnier.
On May 2, 2006, Muse, with the permission of Lifetime, released a DVD of the entire mini-series, which also included deleted scenes not shown on the Lifetime airing. The DVD also includes interviews with the cast, interactive resources, and scene selections. The DVD is labeled Not Rated by the MPAA due to the enhanced violence of the deleted scenes.
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- Best Actress In A TV Movie or Mini-Series: Mira Sovino(Nominated)
- Best Actor In A TV Movie or Mini-Series: Donald Sutherland (Nominated)
Human Trafficking has been nominated for three Emmy Awards, one in Creative Arts for Best Music and two for Primetime
- Best Actor In A TV Mini-Series: Donald Sutherland
- Best Supporting Actor in a Mini-Series: Robert Carlyle.
Human Trafficking also won 3 Gemini Awards:
- Best Dramatic Mini-Series (Michael Prupas, Christian Duguay, Irene Litinsky)
- Best Costume Design (Marianne Carter)
- Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Dramatic Program or Series (Guy Lalande)
It was nominated for 2 other Gemini Awards:
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series (Isabelle Blais)
- Best Sound in a Dramatic Program (Michel B. Bordeleau, Natalie Fleurant, Louis Gignac, Hans Peter Strobl)
- A Canadian/UK TV production Sex Traffic tackled the same subject.
- This program will be broadcast in Hong Kong on TVB Pearl starting May 15, 2006
- This program is currently showing on Sky One in the UK.
- This program aired on Channel 7 in Australia
- UN.GIFT - Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking
- Human Trafficking at the Internet Movie Database
- Link and trailer
- related campaign link