Nefarious: Merchant of Souls
"Nefarious" was written, directed, produced and narrated by Benjamin Nolot, founder and president of Exodus Cry, the film's distributor. Nolot, who travelled to 19 countries to collect the film's content, said that the purpose of the film is "to draw people's attention to the issue, but also to inspire them in terms of what they can be doing … to take a stand against this injustice." The film was officially released on July 27, 2011, with individual grassroots screenings also taking place. Laila Mickelwait, Exodus Cry's director of awareness and prevention, screened the film in several countries in an attempt to persuade governments to make laws similar to Sweden's "Sex Purchase Act", which criminalizes the purchasing rather than the selling of sex. The film was released on home video on May 1, 2012.
Pola Negri: Life Is a Dream in Cinema
The documentary is the first directorial work of Polish-born director Mariusz Kotowski. Kotowski had previously worked as a dancer and dance choreographer, and invested three years of work and a considerable personal fortune into producing the "Pola Negri: Life is a Dream in Cinema" documentary. He has gone on to direct the Holocaust film "Esther's Diary" (2010, originally released as "Forgiveness" [2008]), which featured a lead character built strongly on Pola Negri, and the erotic psychological thriller "Deeper and Deeper" (2009) starring David Lago ("The Young and the Restless"). Kotowski also went on to author a Polish-language Pola Negri biography entitled "Pola Negri: Legenda Hollywood" (English title: "Pola Negri: Hollywood Legend"), which was released in Poland in 2011.