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.
Micki Dickoff
Micki Dickoff is an American director, writer and producer of social justice films. Her critically acclaimed feature documentary, "Neshoba: The Price of Freedom," about justice, healing and racial reconciliation, opened theatrically in New York and Los Angeles to rave reviews by top critics, winning dozens of Best Documentary and Special Jury Awards in film festivals worldwide. "Neshoba" was one of three finalists for the prestigious Humanitas Prize and selected to participate in the American Documentary Showcase in Kenya, Africa. Micki's latest film, "The Gathering," profiles exonerated death row survivors who become warriors against the death penalty. The film premiered at the Embassy of France in Washington, D.C., presented by the EU Delegation to the United States and won Best Short Documentary at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. Her new film, "The Legacy," focuses on generational poverty and children at risk. Shot over more than two decades and still in progress, the film tells the story of three generations of an African American family trying to break the cycle of poverty, prison, drugs and injustice. The planned release date for "The Legacy" is the fall of 2018.