THEME EXPLORATION

human trafficking debt

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Pusher
Pusher
1996 · Nicolas Winding Refn
Mil cretins
Mil cretins
2011 · Ventura Pons
Sheep in the Box
Sheep in the Box
2026 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Female Yakuza Tale
Female Yakuza Tale
1973 · Teruo Ishii
Taken Heart
Taken Heart
2017 · Steven R. Monroe
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
A Trip to the Moon
A Trip to the Moon
1902 · Georges Méliès
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Cristian Mungiu Romania

His work, particularly in Eastern European settings, explores systemic poverty and coercive labor exploitation that fuels human trafficking.

 Ray Mendoza Philippines

His films like 'Kinatay' and 'From What Is Left Unsaid' unflinchingly document urban poverty, criminal exploitation, and debt-driven desperation in the Philippines.