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

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about human trafficking in Cambodia that

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d on October 4, 2009 at the Woodstock Film Festival.

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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 kidnapped for the purpose of

child prostitution Child prostitution is prostitution involving a child, and it is a form of commercial sexual exploitation of children. The term normally refers to prostitution of a minor, or person under the legal age of consent. In most jurisdictions, child ...

. 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 Cairo International Film Festival. '' Showtime'' 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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