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,…

Thirty years after the first cases of HIV, the World Health Organization estimates 36.7 million people worldwide are currently living with HIV/AIDS. Of these, 3.2 million are children under the age of 15. Today we commemorate World AIDS Day by remembering those who have succumbed to the virus and supporting our amazing collaborators working to treat and prevent this destructive disease. AIDS and Family is Kristen Ashburn's intimate portrait of African mothers, fathers and children being crushed by AIDS. Ashburn's work connects us to these people deeply; we learn that only through such connection is hope possible. The Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance, GAIA ,takes the medical breakthroughs of the developed world and brings them to The Far End of the Road. Their focus is one district in Malawi where 1 out of 6 adults are HIV-positive and healthcare can be hours away. 24,000 children under the age of five will die today, many from preventable diseases. In 2009, Save the Children launched…