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I Am Jane Doe

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American mothers wage a battle against sex trafficking on behalf of their daughters.

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I Am Jane Doe

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Daphne Howland Village Voice 02/14/2017
A powerful documentary ... Go to Full Review
Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor 02/10/2017
B+
It's an important subject, lucidly presented. Go to Full Review
Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter 02/10/2017
A clear-eyed and pressing work of advocacy journalism. Go to Full Review
Tom Meek WBUR’s Arts & Culture 04/13/2018
[I Am Jane Doe] covers a lot of terrain competently and comprehensively. Go to Full Review
Becky Kukla Film Inquiry 07/03/2017
I Am Jane Doe doesn't quite work in some places, but it's a significant film deserving global recognition - if only to bring attention to the realities of child trafficking. Go to Full Review
Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru 02/12/2017
9/10
An equally powerful, enraging and poignant expos of underage sex trafficking. It should be mandatory viewing for every high school student. Go to Full Review
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01/29/2019 Hard to watch, harder to comprehend the lack of willingness to evoke change from our court systems. Informative and heartbreaking. Disturbing due to the horrific nature of true events. See more 07/16/2018 Everyone should see this See more 01/20/2018 Good documentary on a sad fact of American life, and how our US government won't do anything to change it... I think people would be shocked and appalled that this happens in America and that so little is done to help combat it by our elected officials, and the fact that the people making millions off of it hide behind an old law. See more 01/07/2018 Must see, powerful film which exposes the shocking ease of underage sex trafficking in the US. See more 09/28/2017 I am Jane Doe is a documentary about a group of mothers seeking justice for their daughters who were victims of sex trafficking on Backpage.com. This documentary shines a light on a very serious problem of sex trafficking and how huge, powerful companies such as Backpage.com are complicit in the advertisement of children for sex on their website and possibly the encouragement of it for profit. It is a very matter of fact film, focussing on the legal battle but also includes some powerful statements from some of the young women who were victims of these awful crimes and their mothers. Frustratingly, as if often the case with the justice system, it is a long and complicated affair for the families to try and take down Backpage.com that is still to be resolved. However this film is definitely worth watching, if not only to be aware of just how rampant sex trafficking is and how easily a loved one can taken and sold into this awful industry. See more 09/16/2017 Every man and woman needs to see this. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis American mothers wage a battle against sex trafficking on behalf of their daughters.
Director
Mary Mazzio
Producer
Mary Mazzio, Alec Sokolow
Screenwriter
Jonathan Alter, Bob Fitzgerald, Jay Manson
Distributor
50 Eggs Films
Production Co
50 Eggs Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 10, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 13, 2017
Runtime
1h 39m
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