OXFAM Hong Kong has expressed interest in using our documentary in their work with prostitutes and other laborers in Asia.
Television
In making Marketbound, our primary goal is to increase social awareness regarding the choices poor women are being forced to make all over the developing world and the reasons they have to make them. In order to accomplish this, we will seek the widest audience exposure possible. The first step in that direction is public television. Broadcast nationally, this film will stir interest in many circles. We already have a letter from a PBS affiliate expressing interest in airing the film.
Particularly for young women, watching a film about the life of fellow adolescents halfway across the world will be compelling and will give them the knowledge and inspiration they need to become great advocates for change, for it is this younger generation who, when informed and inspired, can truly make a difference.
Another population that is already showing a great deal of interest in this documentary is the Cambodian community in the United States. Although Cambodia's recent history has been somewhat documented in film, its current political and social climate is largely unknow — even to Cambodian-Americans. Marketbound seeks to address this gap — the film is a lens through which to look at the structure of international aid, contemporary Cambodian culture and women's rights. Marketbound has already generated a great deal of interest among Cambodian-Americans through community and Internet groups that we have reached out to during our search for translators.
Film Festivals
This film will show world wide at the many human rights based film festivals such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and One World Human Rights in Prague — as well as other major international film festivals like Sundance, SF International, Toronto, and South by Southwest.
Educational Market
NGOs and Universities
Beyond inspiring general audiences to act for change in the global economics arena, Marketbound will be used as an educational tool. Already, OXFAM Hong Kong has expressed interest in using our documentary in their work with prostitutes and other laborers in Asia. UNIFEM too would like to use it as an educational video for at-risk women in Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. It would be quite valuable to educational institutions where it could be used as a teaching aid in International studies, such as the SIPA program at Columbia University.
The Web
An accompanying website is being constructed which will be used as a resource for reference materials on topics related to the film as well as a vehicle for people inspired by the film to link up with non-governmental organizations that we have partnered with during the production process. Captive Daughters, Anti Slavery Organization, Cambodian Women's Crisis Center are just three among many that will benefit from the attention brought to these issues by this film. This website will also provide information and tools to enable viewers to advocate change to their policy makers and to donate to programs in Cambodia that are working to provide better conditions for women. We also hope to have this documentary screened at the World Trade Organization's December / January biannual meeting.
In making Marketbound, our primary goal is to increase social awareness regarding the choices poor women are being forced to make all over the developing world and the reasons they have to make them. In order to accomplish this, we will seek the widest audience exposure possible. The first step in that direction is public television. Broadcast nationally, this film will stir interest in many circles. We already have a letter from a PBS affiliate expressing interest in airing the film.
Particularly for young women, watching a film about the life of fellow adolescents halfway across the world will be compelling and will give them the knowledge and inspiration they need to become great advocates for change, for it is this younger generation who, when informed and inspired, can truly make a difference.
Another population that is already showing a great deal of interest in this documentary is the Cambodian community in the United States. Although Cambodia's recent history has been somewhat documented in film, its current political and social climate is largely unknow — even to Cambodian-Americans. Marketbound seeks to address this gap — the film is a lens through which to look at the structure of international aid, contemporary Cambodian culture and women's rights. Marketbound has already generated a great deal of interest among Cambodian-Americans through community and Internet groups that we have reached out to during our search for translators.
Film Festivals
This film will show world wide at the many human rights based film festivals such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and One World Human Rights in Prague — as well as other major international film festivals like Sundance, SF International, Toronto, and South by Southwest.
Educational Market
NGOs and Universities
Beyond inspiring general audiences to act for change in the global economics arena, Marketbound will be used as an educational tool. Already, OXFAM Hong Kong has expressed interest in using our documentary in their work with prostitutes and other laborers in Asia. UNIFEM too would like to use it as an educational video for at-risk women in Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. It would be quite valuable to educational institutions where it could be used as a teaching aid in International studies, such as the SIPA program at Columbia University.
The Web
An accompanying website is being constructed which will be used as a resource for reference materials on topics related to the film as well as a vehicle for people inspired by the film to link up with non-governmental organizations that we have partnered with during the production process. Captive Daughters, Anti Slavery Organization, Cambodian Women's Crisis Center are just three among many that will benefit from the attention brought to these issues by this film. This website will also provide information and tools to enable viewers to advocate change to their policy makers and to donate to programs in Cambodia that are working to provide better conditions for women. We also hope to have this documentary screened at the World Trade Organization's December / January biannual meeting.