BAS ! BEYOND THE RED LIGHT

Wendy Champagne

Subjects: Asia , Coming of Age , International Affairs , Women , Youth

Directed by

Wendy Champagne

Languages

Hindi, Nepali, French, English

Produced by

Les Production du Rapide-Blanc

french version (subscription) french version (rental)

77 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2009

How can you create a future from a past that dares not be told?

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).

 

 

 

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.