Millions of fathers across the country no doubt have similar routines each night with their daughters,
enjoying those precious moments that won't last forever.
I thought about my daughter as I
watched the new movie "Caged No More," which opens in theaters this
weekend and tells the story of an American father who gets involved in
the illegal drug trade and falls so far behind financially that he flies
overseas and sells his daughters into sex slavery. It's a shocking
plot, yes, but it's based in reality and inspired by true events.
It's also a story that will cause you to think of your own kids and wonder: What causes someone to do that?
It's also a story that will cause you to think of your own kids and wonder: What causes someone to do that?
Globally, an estimated 27 million
people are trafficked each year — that is, treated and even sold as
slaves — and 1.2 million of them are children. Many of those kids and
adults live their lives in brothels and other sex industries, and in
some cases, they were put there by their parents.
These modern-day slaves are loved by God and deserve freedom, even if most of the world doesn't even know they exist.
Human trafficking is most prevalent in Europe, Asia and Africa, although it takes place in the United States, too, and it is the fastest growing crime in the world. Sadly, though, many Christians are unaware of its existence, which means they can't fight for its elimination.
That's where "Caged No More" (PG-13) comes in, opening our eyes to the horrors of human trafficking and sex trafficking without being explicit or gratuitous. It's a film that church groups can attend, despite the subject matter (although young children probably shouldn't watch). It stars Kevin Sorbo, Emmy Award-winner Loretta Devine, Alan Powell and Cassidy Gifford. Two of the co-producers of "God's Not Dead" were involved in it.
Devine plays a grandmother who is searching for her missing granddaughters, and Powell — who in real life also sings in the band "Anthem Lights" — plays a cousin of the daughters who travels overseas to find them.
"It was difficult as a father to wrap my mind around the concept of selling your daughters," Powell told me. "It's a detestable, tragic, the lowest-of-human-nature industry that is profiting from that. We need to do everything that we can to stop it."
"Caged No More" is not the first film made about human trafficking in America, but it is the best one I've seen. The story is stomach-turning, the acting solid, and the plot will keep you guessing.
These modern-day slaves are loved by God and deserve freedom, even if most of the world doesn't even know they exist.
Human trafficking is most prevalent in Europe, Asia and Africa, although it takes place in the United States, too, and it is the fastest growing crime in the world. Sadly, though, many Christians are unaware of its existence, which means they can't fight for its elimination.
That's where "Caged No More" (PG-13) comes in, opening our eyes to the horrors of human trafficking and sex trafficking without being explicit or gratuitous. It's a film that church groups can attend, despite the subject matter (although young children probably shouldn't watch). It stars Kevin Sorbo, Emmy Award-winner Loretta Devine, Alan Powell and Cassidy Gifford. Two of the co-producers of "God's Not Dead" were involved in it.
Devine plays a grandmother who is searching for her missing granddaughters, and Powell — who in real life also sings in the band "Anthem Lights" — plays a cousin of the daughters who travels overseas to find them.
"It was difficult as a father to wrap my mind around the concept of selling your daughters," Powell told me. "It's a detestable, tragic, the lowest-of-human-nature industry that is profiting from that. We need to do everything that we can to stop it."
"Caged No More" is not the first film made about human trafficking in America, but it is the best one I've seen. The story is stomach-turning, the acting solid, and the plot will keep you guessing.
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