![]() ![]() ‘Traffic’ should be viewed more than once to really understand all of the nuances and subtleties embedded in its’ individual stories underneath its’ overarching central themes. It is a film that makes you think deeply hours or even days after you first watch it. Download our free app for Roku, FireTV, AppleTV, Alexa, and mobile devices.‘Traffic’ (2000) is one of those films that was way ahead of its’ time when it was first released over a decade and a half ago.Tickets at the Tucson premiere were sold out. Wake Up is on a 10-city tour and the next stop is Dallas, Texas. This is our one thing to help people get excited about fighting trafficking and being part of a solution,” Craig said. We wanted to bring everyone into this because everyone can do one thing. There was also a panel discussion with local advocates and law enforcement after the film to talk about the issue. “We have to notice things and shout out to help these poor kids who are being abused and victimized,” Pothoff said ![]() "60 to 70 percent of kids who are trafficked have been in the foster care system,” Wise said. Wise and associate producer of the film Tom Pothoff say that people need to speak up when with see issue in their community. In 2020, The Center for Missing and Exploited Children received more than 17,000 reports of possible sex trafficking. So, it is happening in our own back yard every day,” Fordney said. "We recently had a case at the Children’s Advocacy Center of two young girls who were lured by this man to his apartment and then held captive there for several days while investigators while investigators found them and got them to safety. She also says that children in foster care who have already been abused are especially vulnerable to predators in the future. Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Southern Arizona Marie Fordney who also participated in a panel during the premier says trafficking can happen anywhere. The scenes get raw and to the point of what happens to victims when they get pulled in and the difficulties for those who try to save them. This movie is not only about trafficking but about foster youth,” Craig said. ![]() Some of the stories are real stories that we’ve experienced as foster moms. We’re both foster moms so a lot of the things that we’ve seen personally inspired us. “This movie is to bring the whole world to hear the stories of what’s going on out there. The film makers also wanted to release the film during January which is “Sex Trafficking Awareness Month”. Writer, director and actress in the film Janet Craig and producer Kristen Wise wanted to raise awareness about what's happening not only in Tucson but across the country including the suburbs. The 90-minute movie shown at the Roadhouse Theatre in Tucson is about a pair of foster kids who get targeted and forced into a sex trafficking ring. The makers of the film “Wake Up” say it's a much-needed education for parents and kids about child sex trafficking, movie has been 7 years in the making. TUCSON, Ariz.(KGUN) - It's an eye-opening story with shocking undertones. ![]()
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