‘Break the Chain’ is an award-winning feature-length documentary film that addresses the often "hidden-in-plain-sight" issue of Human Trafficking within Michigan communities and the United States. The film chronicles two survivors of Human Trafficking - providing a detailed look at how trafficking goes unnoticed within our backyards. Kwami, a child survivor of Labor Trafficking, was enslaved for nearly five years with three other children in Ypsilanti, Michigan before anyone noticed. Debbie, a survivor of Sex Trafficking, takes us through her experience of being sold for sex around the Detroit-Area between the ages of 13 and 18.
- Year2017
- Runtime64 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorLaura E. Swanson, Kirk Mason
- ScreenwriterLaura E. Swanson
- Co-ProducerEmily Sigler, Caitlin Woudstra, Casey Shipman
- EditorMichael Nabozny, Kirk Mason
- Production DesignLaura E. Swanson
- ComposerGarrett Gillingham
‘Break the Chain’ is an award-winning feature-length documentary film that addresses the often "hidden-in-plain-sight" issue of Human Trafficking within Michigan communities and the United States. The film chronicles two survivors of Human Trafficking - providing a detailed look at how trafficking goes unnoticed within our backyards. Kwami, a child survivor of Labor Trafficking, was enslaved for nearly five years with three other children in Ypsilanti, Michigan before anyone noticed. Debbie, a survivor of Sex Trafficking, takes us through her experience of being sold for sex around the Detroit-Area between the ages of 13 and 18.
- Year2017
- Runtime64 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorLaura E. Swanson, Kirk Mason
- ScreenwriterLaura E. Swanson
- Co-ProducerEmily Sigler, Caitlin Woudstra, Casey Shipman
- EditorMichael Nabozny, Kirk Mason
- Production DesignLaura E. Swanson
- ComposerGarrett Gillingham