November 9, 2002
9:00 PM - Friday

46 minutes
Language : English
Production: Canada 2002
Directors:Hilary Jones-Farrow

Over 28 million men, women and children live in slavery around the world. To Free the Slaves is a documentary that looks at ordinary men and women in four different countries who are determined to bring an end to the suffering of the weak caused by the economic concerns of the powerful.

An "ordinary" Canadian couple redeems slaves caught in a brutal civil war in Sudan. Save the Children Canada reunited young people with their families after they have been kidnapped and forced into slave labor in the Cote d'Ivoire. In Canada, ex-prostitute Cherry Kingsley helps young people enslaved in prostitution reintegrate into society. And in the brickyards of India, the Pandits free and rehabilitate slaves from bonded labour and re-educate the slave-owners.

Not only does To Free the Slaves expose the horrible truths about slavery today, it offers responsible economic and political solutions.