PLAYGROUND - Official Trailer

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"Men fly into Atlanta, Georgia from all over the US to have sex with children they have purchased online. In a small, affluent, local golf community, the elementary school superintendent and local bookstore clerk are arrested on the same day in a sting operation by law enforcement officials seeking sex predators of children via the Internet." - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Sexual exploitation of children is a problem that we tend to relegate to back-alley brothels in developing countries, the province of a particularly inhuman, and invariably foreign, criminal element. Such is the initial premise of Libby Spears' sensitive investigation into the topic. But she quickly concludes 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. Her cultural observations are couched in an ongoing mystery story: the search for Michelle, an American girl lost to the underbelly of childhood sexual exploitation who has yet to resurface a decade later.

Executive produced by George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Steven Soderbergh, and punctuated with poignant animation by Japanese pop artist Yoshitomo Nara, Playground illuminates a sinister industry of unrecognized pervasiveness. Spears has crafted a comprehensive revelation of an unknown epidemic, essential viewing for any parent or engaged citizen.

Music by: Bjork, Radiohead, Chris Martin, Blonde Redhead, Cat Power, Sigur Rós, CocoRosie, Basement Jaxx, DJ Shadow, Kazu Makino.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Playground
• The Nest
• Libby Spears
• George Clooney
• Grant Heslov
• Steven Soderbergh
• Tribeca
• child sex trafficking
• prostitution

[librarygirl8]

Thank you for sharing! This is such an epidemic here in the US that no one is seemingly aware of!

[mnstpdu08]

this is a very powerful video. thank you for addressing the issue.

[HDFEST]

Brilliant trailer. Thanks for posting!

[nourssing]

Where is the damn Human Right Wacth from this when they call to stop the execution penalty for these kinds of sick people?

[hispuregarden]

thank you for this imperative work. please don't stop until this unimaginable crime against children is a thing of the past.

[Crazycowgirl18]

This is happening right now, while we sleep, and while we go to school and work. It's horrible to see it happen to our children and any other child in the world.