“A unique viewing experience…harrowing”
— David Fowlie, Keeping it Reel
Seeing this story unfold against a Caribbean backdrop gives viewers a fuller sense of the extent of human trafficking crime…Respectfully recommended”
Joe Bendel, J.B. Spins
“The kind of story that demands to be told [and] Moving Parts
bravely does that”
— Matthew Nerber, Third Coast Review
WHEN AN ILLEGAL CHINESE IMMIGRANT IS SMUGGLED
INTO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, THE TRUE COST OF
HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS LAID BARE IN A POWERFUL,
HOT BUTTON DRAMA
MOVING PARTS
Street Date: January 21, 2020
DVD/Digital: $24.95
Endorsed by the United Nations for Addressing a Grave Global Issue,
Director Emilie Upczek Makes Her Feature Film Debut with This
Festival Favorite, Starring Valerie Tian (“iZombie”, Juno)
and Kandyse McClure (“V-Wars,” “Battlestar Galactica”)
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
According to a report from the United Nations, 71% of all human trafficking victims are women and girls, and human trafficking earns profits of roughly $150 billion a year…
Following the death of her father, Chinese national Zhenzhen (Tian) hires a smuggler to take her to Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, where her brother, Wei, works in construction. After he gets her a menial job at a restaurant, when the smuggler demands more cash, and Zhenzhen is forced into a compromising position. Help comes unexpectedly from Evelyn (McClure), who runs an art gallery in the neighborhood — but the contrast between the dark rooms above the restaurant and the blindingly white gallery calls everyone’s innocence into question.
Blending social consciousness and taut drama while avoiding sensationalism, MOVING PARTS is a captivating, ripped-from-the-headlines film that adeptly addresses the increasingly urgent problem of human trafficking.
Director Emilie Upczek makes her feature film debut with this festival favorite, an Official Selection at the more than a dozen international festivals including Denver, San Francisco IndieFest and Panama International Film Festival, and was beautifully shot by Emmy Award®-winning DP Nancy Schreiber (Mapplethorpe).
