EMPOWERING SURVIVORS OF SEX TRAFFICKING





TIN GIRLS

A 55 min. documentary on the trafficking of girls
for prostitution from Nepal to India.

Screenings

Tin Girls, one of the Valor Humano (Human Value) series of documentaries produced by Canal Plus, was first inspired by the magazine feature When No Means Never Again, written by Chelo Alvarez with the help of Anjana Shakya, President of HimRights, and published by Planeta Humano magazine, Spain.  


Director Miguel Bardem and DP Antonio Gonález at Bhouda, Kathmandu

Miguel Bardem is the director and scriptwriter. Bardem (Ugliest Woman In The World, Twelfth Night), is son of Juan Antonio Bardem, one of the greatest film directors in Spain, who passed away in November 2002, the day we returned from shooting the  documentary. Miguel Bardem’s next movie, Incautos (Unwary), is now in production.

Chelo Alvarez is the interviewer, assistant director and consultant for the documentary. Chelo Alvarez is now directing her next documentary on sex trafficking in California: The Wall: María Suarez story (working title), which she coproduces with Cari Lutz.

The 70 min. Spanish version was released in November 2003 in Spain by Canal Plus Spain. Television Española, Spain’s national public broadcasting company, has licensed the rights for the Human Value series, which will air in 2004.  

The Documentary Film Crew

(from left to right) Ramesh Malikoo (travel), Purna Shakya (logistics), Pranita Thapa (interpreter), Srijana Kafle (interpreter), Eduardo Mangada (cinematographer), Chelo Álvarez (assist. director), Antonio González (cinematographer) , and Kulsum Chisti (intern).


Chelo Álvarez interviewing a stone quarry kid.

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