BAS ! BEYOND THE RED LIGHT
77 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2009Directed byWendy Champagne
Produced byLes Production du Rapide-Blanc
LanguagesHindi, Nepali, French, English
How can you create a future from a past that dares not be told?
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Press reviews
The therapeutic aspect of dance and choreography is extraordinary (...) A very interesting film.Société Radio Canada
Film details
Synopsis
In BAS! Beyond the Red Light, 13 young girls sold into Mumbai’s infamous network of gated brothels confront the inner and outer perils of life after rescue and reveal the very human story inside the big business of child trafficking.
Credits
Script, Direction, Production : Wendy Champagne
Image : Katerine Giguère et Guy Mossman
Music : Tarun Nayar
Editing : Hubert Hayaud
Production : Denis Maccready
Executive producer : Sylvie Van Bradant
Financial partners
Agence Canadienne de Développement International (ACDI)
SODEC
Crédit d’impôts du Québec
Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec (CALQ)
Canal Vie
Office National du Film
Crédit d’impôts du Canada
PRIM
Rescue Foundation (Inde).
Direction
Wendy Champagne
Wendy Champagne is an Australian writer and journalist living in Montreal. She wrote the script for the Australian documentary Women of the Earth in 2000. Bas! Beyond the Red Light is her first feature length documentary as a director.