RealStars visited Doc Lounge at DebaserMeidisi in Stockholm last Tuesday. There was a screening of the film The Price of Sex and a discussion during the evening. RealStars talked about our work and mingled with the visitors after the screening. The documentary The Price of Sex, made by Mimi Chakarova, is a poignant depiction of… Read more »
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Those who make difference
There are people who change society for the better. One of those people is Elsie Lindqvist, an inspiration to us all. SVT’s fantastic documentary “Ängeln på Malmskillnadsgatan” features this amazing woman who really makes a difference. Elsie Lindqvist helps prostitutes at night. She shows how important is is just being there, as a fellow human…. Read more »
RealStars at a preview of “The Price of Sex”
Yesterday, Tuesday, the documentary The Price of Sex was shown at Parken in central Gothenburg. Doc Lounge Gothenburg and Amnesty organized the event. RealStars made a presentation of our work and answered questions about trafficking after the film. The Price of Sex took almost 10 years to film and produce for American-Bulgarian Mimi Chakarova. While… Read more »
Work in progress: Call girl
The film festival doesn’t only show entertaining films from all around the world, but experiences just as interesting can be found at Lagerhuset’s houses. I’m not really a film aficionado but during the seminar ”Work in progress: Call girl” I was still able to follow the dialog of how (in my opinion) one of this… Read more »
Whores’ Glory at the film festival
RealStars keeps checking out films dealing with the subjects human trade, prostitution or Fair Sex at Gothenburg’s film festival. Monday night they showed the documentary Whores’ Glory at Chalmers. Whores’ Glory is a well made, instructive, difficult and depressing film about prostitution in three different countries: Thailand, Bangladesh and Mexico. There is no narrator, instead… Read more »
Göteborg International Film Festival – your cultural thermos in the winter darkness
It is safe to assume that few have failed to notice the highlight of the month – the 35th Gothenburg international film festival. For many movie enthusiasts this does not only imply that their long wait is over, but also that their dull collection of movies can be replaced by 10 days of pure cinematic… Read more »
The film tip: The Whistleblower – Dysfunctional diplomacy
The Whistleblower is a film about an American police officer on foreign service for the UN in post-war Bosnia. The film is based on the story of Kahtryn Bolkovac, who administered some justice for trafficking victims she had come in contact with during her time in Bosnia. She revealed the illegal operations in Bosnia run… Read more »