With the instant reach of social media and explosion in cyber porn, a child sex slave can be purchased online and delivered to a customer more quickly than a pizza. Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex Trafficking starts the conversation on a taboo topic – with raw images of life on the streets, heart-pounding rescues and gut-wrenching, personal stories – ultimately offering a story of hope and empowerment, with the goal of engaging others in launching a movement to end modern-day slavery. With 27 million victims, human trafficking is the 2nd largest criminal enterprise in the world. Not just a back-alley enterprise in underdeveloped regions, it’s also prevalent in the U.S. and industrial nations. Stopping Traffic takes an unflinching, first-hand look at this shadowy underworld, telling the shocking story through the eyes of survivors, veteran activists, front-line rescue organizations and celebrities who support the cause, including Dolph Lundgren and Jeannie Mai.
Production
Survivor-led storytelling — no detached narrator voice.
Editing
Jarring cuts between rescue footage and corporate boardrooms.
Director
Sadhvi Siddhali Shree
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Sadhvi Siddhali Shree is a Jain monk — her spiritual vows shaped the film's non-violent, compassion-forward approach to activism.
Released pre-#MeToo and pre-Epstein reckoning, the film now reads as eerily prescient about elite complicity that mainstream media would later confront.
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