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Lack of Love #FreeTiffany

Duration

05:26

Countries

USA

About

Lack of Love follows Tiffany Simpson, a child sex trafficking survivor - who has spent 9 years in a Georgia jail after being forced by her pimp to lure another teenage girl into his violent trap.

Narrated by Tiffany from prison, the film exposes a dark reality across America: trafficking victims being prosecuted for crimes committed against them. Produced in partnership with survivor organization Karana Rising and Dressember's Survivor Justice Initiative, the film is both a personal story of resilience and a call to action, because believing survivors today means less victims tomorrow.

Karana Rising is a survivor organization working to end human trafficking and to free survivors who have been criminalized for crimes committed against them. Together with Dressember, it launched the Survivor Justice Initiative, which gives incarcerated survivors direct legal, social and wellness support. The campaign behind Lack of Love helped change Georgia law. In May 2022, Senate Bill 565 allowed trafficking survivors to petition to vacate convictions that resulted from their exploitation, and in November 2022 Tiffany's convictions were vacated and she was released from prison.

Credits

Producers
Andrea Powell, Fecha Talaso & Riham Ezzaldeen (Karana Rising), Marissa Peden (Dressember)
Director
Noel Keserwany
Art Directors
Rodrigo Garcia & Noel Keserwany
Animator
Peter Aoun
Writers
Tiffany Simpson, with Andrea Powell, Ashley Lowe & Noel Keserwany
Sound Design
Anthony Sahyoun
Produced by
What Took You So Long
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