''Redlight'' (sometimes misspelled ''Red Light'') is a

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about

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that

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d on October 4, 2009 at the

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was the film's

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and narrator. The film is produced by Kerry Girvin and directed by Guy Jacobson and Adi Ezroni. ''Redlight'' documents four years of the lives of several Cambodian children who are

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for the purpose of

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. These children are both boys and girls, and some are only 3 or 4 years old. Some of the film's

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was recorded secretly in

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s and then smuggled out. Liu promoted the film at the 2009

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. ''

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'' televised the film as part of Human Trafficking Awareness Month in 2010. The first screening in

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took place in Westport that November.

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