SHE HAS A NAME – NOT JUST A FILM, BUT A GLOBAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING MOVEMENT
World Premiere set for December 2, 2016 in five international cities, including Red Deer, Alberta
RED DEER ALBERTA, Nov. 17, 2016 – She Has A Name, an independent film from Unveil Studios, draws awareness to the $40 billion global sex trade that sells women, children, and men for their bodies, as much as 15 times a day. Of the two million people that the UN reports are currently being exploited in the commercial sex trade every year, less than 1% are rescued — this film aims to make a difference and change these statistics. Not only will She Has A Name spread the word about the prevalence of human sex trafficking, but a portion of the film’s proceeds will go directly to frontline efforts to end trafficking throughout the world.
Purchase tickets to the December 2 and 3 World Premiere screenings in Red Deer
Eugenia Yuan (Memoirs of a Geisha), Gil Bellows (The Shawshank Redemption), and Will Yun Lee (The Wolverine, Hawaii Five-0) make up just some of the international cast and crew, who collectively represent 10 different nations.
The story of She Has a Name follows Jason, a lawyer, who poses as a john to build a legal case against a ruthless pimp trafficking girls into Thailand. He meets Number 18, a girl forced to work as a prostitute in a busy Bangkok bar, and discovers her testimony is key to proving his case. When his investigation starts to unravel, Jason realizes that, rather than save 18 from her horrific circumstances, he has put her life at risk. With a crime syndicate now chasing him down, Jason must try to rescue Number 18 in the crowded city before the pimp moves her for good.
To raise awareness of this issue, She Has A Name has partnered with global anti-trafficking agencies that work tirelessly every day to prevent trafficking, to bring perpetrators to justice for their heinous crimes, and to provide education and social services to trafficking victims so that they not only survive, but thrive upon rescue and rehabilitation.
The goal of She Has A Name is to get audiences to watch the movie and learn more about this global issue, while subsequently making a contribution to fight human trafficking.
The film will be screened in Melbourne, Australia; Cape Town, South Africa; London, England; Belfast, Ireland; and Red Deer, Alberta on December 2, 2016 which is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery and expands to screenings in Paris, Berlin, Ottawa and Courtenay through December 10, which is the UN’s Human Rights Day. Twenty percent (20%) of all sales during this release window will be directed to She Has A Name’s global anti-trafficking partners to Fund Freedom.
Website: http://www.shehasanamefilm.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SheHasANameFilm/
TICKET INFORMATION FOR SCREENINGS IN RED DEER, ALBERTA
Venue: Welikoklad Event Centre, 4922 49 St, Red Deer, AB T4N 1V3
Friday, December 2, 2016 at 7:30 p.m.
- VIP WORLD PREMIERE TICKETS, Includes After Party ($70)
- General Admission Tickets ($45)
Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.; 5:00 p.m.; and 7:30 p.m.
- General Admission Tickets ($25)
Tickets go on sale Monday, November 21, 2016. Tickets available at www.shehasanamefilm.com
Directors Matthew and Daniel Kooman, Writer and Producer Andrew Kooman will be in attendance at the Premiere, as will be the film’s lead actor Giovanni Mocibob and supporting actor Holly Pillsbury along with Executive Producers Lance Kadatz and Dean Kohut.
The filmmakers wish to acknowledge the generous support of Red Deer College to help make the screening in Red Deer possible.
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About She Has A Name: She Has A Name is the new feature film by Unveil Studios, directed by Matthew and Daniel Kooman from the screenplay by Andrew Kooman. The Kooman brothers, along with Donna Abraham and Shari Aspinall, are producers. Lance Kadatz and Dean Kohut are Executive Producers.
The World Premiere of She Has A Name will take place December 2, 2016. Available at www.shehasanamefilm.com and in select theatres around the globe, proceeds from each online sale through the film’s website will Fund Freedom. In early 2017, the film will be released on iTunes, Google Play and Amazon VOD. Learn more at www.shehasanamefilm.com
Well done Andrew, Matthew and Daniel!!!
After this film is released, not only will the she have a name but the three of you will have given her a voice.
May your work continue to be blessed. Thank you.
Thanks for the kind words Gloria! We hope you enjoy the film — you also will be giving hope as you watch by funding freedom!