We are so thrilled to announce that Undersired, a film by Walter Astrada and MediaStorm, will be featured on January 25th and 26th at the Brooklyn Human Rights Film Festival. The Brooklyn Human Rights Film Festival features short films on human rights and social justice, focusing on women's rights, refugees and incarceration. The evenings will also host debate opportunities to support local and global communities. Undesired tells the story of women in India who face intense pressure to bear a son and the activists who fight for gender equality. Please join us for this special event. Samia Khan, Director of Partnerships, will be speaking at a panel after the screening on Wednesday January 25th. The screenings will take place on: Wednesday, January 25, from 7-9pm at Berg'n, 899 Bergen Street, Crown Heights Thursday, January 26, from 6-8pm, at the Made in NY Media Center by IFP, at 30 John St., DUMBO To…

On Monday, January 9th, Backpage.com, one of the world's largest classified ads sites, closed its adults ads section. Advocates against sex trafficking hail this closure as a victory, as Backpage has been accused by a scathing U.S. Senate report of hiding criminal activity by deleting terms from ads that indicated sex trafficking or prostitution, including of children. Natalie, the fifteen-year old girl from suburban Seattle who was forced into prostitution and is featured in The Long Night, has been an advocate in this case, claiming that her pimp used Backpage to fuel his business, and her enslavement. With the help of the ads posted on Backpage, Natalie was repeatedly raped every single day, bringing in as much as $4,000 a weekend - every penny of which would go to her pimp.  With that much money on the table, her pimp became increasingly aggressive and abusive. Natalie had no way to escape. When her mother, Nacole,…