Playground - Screen Debate

PLAYGROUND – is about the sexual exploitation of children
and young people. This excellent documentary is a must to see
from filmmaker Libby Spears and Executive Produced by George
Clooney, Grant Heslov and Steven Soderbergh. It demonstrates
that very little thrives on this planet without American capital, and the
commercial child sex industry is certainly thriving. Spears intelligently traces
the epidemic to its disparate, and decidedly domestic, roots—among them the
way children are educated about sex, and the problem of raising awareness
about a crime that inherently cannot be shown. We see first-hand interviews
with victims, their pimps, and their abusers. Her cultural observations are
couched in an ongoing mystery story: the search for Michelle, an American girl
lost to the underbelly of childhood sexual abuse and exploitation who has yet to
resurface a decade later.
Following the screening there will be an audience/panel discussion and we are
delighted to welcome to the panel, Chief Inspector Gordon Dawson, Linda
Thompson, National Development Officer (Challenging Demand) and others to
be confirmed. Tickets available online at  www.gft.org.uk