I’ve now spent some 50-odd months working on ‘Sisters For Sale’ and ‘The Human, Earth Project’.
For much of that time, I’ve been working alone – but I don’t like to refer to ‘Sisters For Sale’ as “my” documentary, or ‘The Human, Earth Project’ as “my” project, because they’re not.
Thousands of people from sixty-odd countries on six continents have contributed their time, energy and money to help me raise awareness of the global human trafficking crisis.
‘The Human, Earth Project’ is a truly global, grassroots movement, a very exciting new kind of movement made possible only by the reach of the Internet.
You need only to scan the incredible diversity of names in the credits to see how far our work has reached.
Since last year’s fundraising campaign, six months ago, I’ve mostly been working alone on the post-production of ‘Sisters For Sale’, our feature documentary.
Over the next four months, a team of professionals from around the world will be coming together to help me finish the documentary, and move forward with ‘The Human, Earth Project’.
I’ll be introducing them soon, along with some other exciting news. Today’s post is a more practical one, for those of you who have contributed to our work over the past four years, or intend to in the coming months.
Seeing ‘Sisters For Sale’
If you’ve given over $25 to ‘The Human, Earth Project’, or assisted our work in other ways, you’ll be able to watch ‘Sisters For Sale’ online when it is finished this September.
For the rest of you, ‘Sisters For Sale’ will be available to pre-order only until Wednesday 14th June (that’s only two more weeks!) and only through our website. For now, this is the only guaranteed way of seeing the documentary.
When it is completed, ‘Sisters For Sale’ will be submitted to film festivals across Europe, North America and beyond. If the film is picked up by a distributor, I will have little control over where and when it will be made available.
Getting your name in the documentary
If you’ve given over $50 to ‘The Human, Earth Project’, or assisted our work in other ways, not only will you receive access to ‘Sisters For Sale’, you’ll also receive a personal thank-you in the film credits.
I’ve put together a list of your names below.
The list has been compiled from our fundraising campaigns, from the years between, and from memory. The names have been cut and pasted, and run through automated filters, so there may be errors.
If you’ve been involved with our work, please check that your name appears as it should, and let me know of any names that should be added in, taken out, or altered.
Many of these names will be given particular credits in the documentary; for the moment, for the sake of simplicity, they all appear as one list. Musicians and film-makers have not yet been included on the list.
The names are given in alphabetical order (which is complicated somewhat by names that include multiple surnames, or naming systems where surnames appear first).
Only real names appear. Those of you who have contributed under other names have an opportunity to change them. The only organisation names included are those which have been directly involved with our work.
All names are shown here in lowercase, and will appear in capitals in the documentary.
If you’d like to get your name in the credits, this is your last chance – the final list will be compiled on Wednesday 14th June:
dr. aamir bini akbar, noor syuhada abdul ghani, danielle abeyta, sue abla, adra, samata agrawal, roddy al ghazali, angela & ryan, marco agner, mirza ahmed, sebastian aker, vance akins, yasi alamdari, jenny aldag, jim aldag, jamil aljasir, danielle allen, alliance anti-trafic, omar alzayed, amaia, jaen nieto amat, paul amechi, chiara andolina, sandra & marc andre, carlin aylsworth, leila azul, mitchell backhausen, lucas baethke, arash bahremand, taraneh bahremand, claire bannerman-mott, ellen bard, mary bard, john & motoko bardos, maximillian baria, jo barker, jeremy baron, corbett barr, belinda bauer, vincent baumont, rachael baugh, amy baum, carolyn beckett, tegan bedford, gretchen beerline, gal begun, debbie bender, carole bennett, markus bernsteiner, paul bevan, nicholas bianchi, carolyn bird, maider birrett, dante bisutti, georges blanchard, este-mari bloem, blue dragon children’s foundation, lola boatwright, jennifer boatz, nanci bolas, jessica bolton, luca borney, natalie bowman, seth bradley, bob & toni brewer, michael brosowski, greg brousseau, stacey brown, jacqui brunkhorst, michael brunner, lydian brunsting, mary burns, adam burton, eric butler, sara butler, sarah buttery, josh byrne, david byrnes, gustaf byström, nicole cain, felicity callander, jeffrey camp, lauren canova, anne capararo, mark carle, lisa carlsson, lacey carroll, christopher chan, paul chan, nektaria charitaki, pui che, christine cheung, francoise chevalier, renaud cheyrou, sovet chheang, mickey choothesa, lisa christian, isaac christian, anna chrystie, michael clarke, timothy collins, hugh thorne compton, nick conneff, brenton conner, mark connors, taylor conroy, keith conway, jude & ted cooper, ron cooper, tara cooper, carl copley, mike corbera, lillian cordingley, derek cox, cory crabtree, kathy craigie, daniel cromidas, adam crownoble, adrian cullen, luca cunia, matteo damiani, nam dang, ade darma, brandon davidson, natalie davis, susan davis, roxanne de bruyn, steven de leeuw, hubert de murard, sebastian de valcourt, charles de vos, jeremy delaplane, kayly deneron, william dew, kayla dickinson, do dieu thuy, kevin dinn, toan do quoc, romana dockalova, documentary arts asia, alan doherty, colm doherty, james doherty, mary doherty, niall doherty, tabea donauer, josh doran, jen dossetti, lukas drzymalla, clare duggan, lacie dull, matt dunfee, nora dunn, holly dunye, andreas dzung, dominic edwards, janet edwards, jess edwards, darin eisenzimmer, rino esposito, ethos, erin ewer, monica faberman, elise fabius, danielle fagerstrom-girgis, ashton falk, leanne falkowsky, daniel fallon, marta farina, donnie featherston, charly feldman, dorothy ferguson, giacomo ferraris, jonathan finch, nathan fish, amy flaherty, gaelan flaherty, focus/trafcord, milandon foley, amara fonseca, ingrid fossum, marisa fox, josh freed, hideko fukumizu, stephen furlani, jana gabrhelova, manuel gaißer, walter gaißer, john gamble, jane gapinski, viviana garcia, ca gardner, christine gardner, adam gardnir, stephane gelinotte, simon germain, nadia gerweck, dev ghai, eric ghiandoni, giang thi bao, giang thi chan, giang thi chu, giang thi vu, catherine gibson, greg gillham, matthew glen, global alms, thomas gobeaux, timothy goble, amy goerwitz, ly-jia goldstein, ana goncalves, anjani goparaju, cat gorman, rachel grace, heather graham, simone gribble, benjamin george griffin, renee griffin, rieneke groteboer, david grubbs, qiuda guo, tal gur, zach gurlukovich, babita gurung, adriaan gussekloo, andré gussekloo, gustaf, kacee hall, moe thet han, suzie hanlan, kristin harder, michael harkins, christina harper, katie harrison, nguyet hat tieu, holly hayhurst, dennis hazell, elaine head, mike hedlund, cole hennen, jacqueline hennessey, neng her, stacey herbert, paul higby, joy higgins, amy hilburger, ella hindmarsh, geoffrey hindmarsh, lewis hing, devan hite, hanh hoang, astrid hofer, susannah hohensee, lisa holland, raymond holley, carin holroyd, christine hoolihan, jane hoolihan, phil & hoa hoolihan, matthew hopp, karen hoppe, grace hosegood, yedda hsu, jinnrong hu, lucius hu, pin-lung huang, steven hunt, charlotte hussey, kate huynh, daniel ibanez, dianne imison, jana & david imison, dr. michelle imison, k. inozemtsev, ella ireland, tia irma, carola irvine, kiana irvine, trix & daan irvine, ben iwaszewicz, philip ivanov, ina ivanova, yoan jacquemin, kathryn james, erin jane, natalie jane, jeremy janeczko, leif jansson, jason, abhi jeet, leila jenkins, rhanic jenonk, leffe johansson, aju john, katherine johnson, fada & ken jones, vincent jongens, lisa-marie jordan, ashley juricek, alex jurlina, andre kack, zach kalatsky, erin kamler, daniya kamran-morley, medok & dawa kamsung, thristina kanka, karthik kappaganthu, timber kataigida, kate, hannah kavanagh, orla keane, doug keast, richard keegan, julie kelley, natasha kemp, joseph kennedy, michael kennedy, christie kermeen, nalee khamphaphongvixay, don kiely, randy kiessig, joanne king, ronnie kirby, april kirk, henrik kirkeby, beata kis, justin kissell, laura klaming, pavel klimakov, tatum knight, joni koch, liza koch, martin kogan, ans koopt, niranjan kumar, harish kumar, ben lackey, habibi lalu, james lane, danielle laperriere, myste laquinta, laura navarro lara, mark lashta, gwen läufer, julie laurin, naomi lawson, madeline layton, peter le, daniel le, minh le, mike le grice, céline le maitre, david leder, deb lee, tinja lee, brenna leech, johanna leiner, amy leonard, hayson leung, amy lewis, elspeth liberty, ryan libre, amber liewald, yoni lifshitz, men limacher, peter limacher, daniela limacher-lehner, torben lindström, nathanael little, kathryn livingstone, antoine lobry, jonathan loon, rosie louey-gung, mary loufek, pauliina lunde, sara lundström, steven luscinski, tuan luu, romain ly, tina ly, ly thi sho, ben lybarger, emily magnotta loder, mathew magnay, emily magnotta, mireille maheu, suong mai, dustin main, alex malcor, clementine malim, lori mallini, nora manaf, shubhang mani, dorian martin, brian martinez, sarah masters, vinay mathew, natasha mathews, davide mattiello, sammantha j mavin, zachary maw, may, margaret maya, kristi mcalister, tw mcauliffe, michelle mccombs, peter mcconnell, allison mcgarry, laura mcginn, shanna mcintyre, sarah mckinnon, duncan mcleod, erin mcneaney, william mcnicol, charlie mcrae, jimmie meader, sarah meaney, sam meas, chris meddings, patrick meegan, ricky meleschi, jeff menezes, asma merchant, matt meyer, sina miakhail, allison miettunen, laurisa milici, jessica miller, rachel miller, tom mills, sarah mint, daniel mireault, aaron mitchell, mina modalsli, matthias moeser, kunaal mohan, anthony molyneaux, tyler montbriand, robyn monteleone, oscar monteon, jake moore, molly moore, marinho, mathieu morfin, luc morin, annalena moritz, vito mortillaro, layne mostyn, josh mott, yer moua-lor, mark moulden, andrew muller, franz muller, c.a. nellen, jose neto, jessica neveu, new life center foundation, kate newick, angela ng, wei yoong ng, luu tuan nghia, duy nguyen, bien nguyen, stephanie niave, andrew nicholls, simon nielsen, dyce norkus, kao nou ning, barry o’kane, adam o’neill, julien olivier, jonathan olsen, christina ong, rebecca osmond, karl ostroski, remco oudhoff, kavitha padmanabhan, david palmer, patsy & arnold palmer, pang, florence pani, sahil pardeshi, amy parker, natalie patch, lauren pate, himesh patel, harsh patel, rebecca paterson, alexander patterson, matt patterson, rosalie pawlik, hagai peled, kevin peng, kimberly pertuz, istvan poedoer, emilie porry, giselle portenier, george powell, ppk, portia predny, joshua price, mary pritts, paul quarter, shannon quirk, dr. yvonne rafferty, ashwin raghunathan, kerstin raitl, peter rakmanyi, sundaramurthy ramachandran, karen ramlogan, brian & linda randall, katie randall, keith randall, nick randall, susan randall, dr. will m. randall, emie rathikoun, danica ratte, maria julia ravera, katharina ray, johanna read, rebecca regalo, brandon rego, kyra rehard, franziska riechert, cozy requio, anouk reusken, ymke reymakers, thor richardson, gifny richata, carla rijnders, dave rima, stephen roberts, amanda robertson, lee rodriguez, gunumaya & laksman roka, riccardo romano, tiphanie roquette, victoria rose, adam rosenberg, sarah rosenstein, barni rothman, rownolds, nehemiah rubio, jose baena ruiz, sasha ruiz, alessia ryan, chris ryman, lucas salazar, tristan salcido, eerik salonen, oda sandi, sónia saude, russell savige, tomasz sawicki, rita schaad, sarah schaaf, joseph schmidt, erin schmiedl, connor schoen, michael schupbach, cheyenne scown, martin sečkár, ashley senske, rami & ivana shaafi, vidhi shah, tal shahar, tamar shahar, bronwyn sharman, ben shearon, andrew sheldon, dr. rebecca shugg, simone, anu virtanen os sinkkonen, rowan sloan, hannah slomianyj, tracey smith, zach smith, laura snape, steven snodgrass, samuel snow, eugene so, sharlene sobrepeña, benjamin soto, kerry & malcolm souter, dr. gina spatafora, allison spencer, julie steinbach, trish stokes, james storer, david stroe, bettina stübner, jason suhy, jules suzdaltsev, veronica swanson, chelsea swegman, tal swissa, erik tarrodi, fabrizio tatti, kae tay, adam taylor, d taylor, finn michael james hunter taylor, mike taylor, tom & di taylor, dr. aart teunissen, lucas thacker, caspian thackeray-taylor, jasmine thanh, sean thomas, ashleigh thomson, carter thornton, richard thornton iii, alex thurber, rob tierney, kari tontarski, camille touanen, todd tracey, ann tran, quan tran, tri tran, nicole tran, lorraine triolo, anne truong, harry truong, dwight turner jr, david ty, emily tyler, kaitlyn tylor, pal ujvarosi, mark urban, jerome vallet, jeroen van der werven, ein vang, natasha velasquez, annelies vercruysse, thais vidal, erik vilela, frederik voss, nguyen vu, leanne wagner, cass walker, elizabeth walker, kathrin wallwitz, anja wälty, belinda warfield, ben warren, tom watson, ellie webb, brandon wells, sheri westerman, anemi wick, claire wilkinson, landon williams, chris willis, kate wilson, thomas wilson, kae-lynn wilson, morag winona, serena wong, j.w. wolterman, hilary wong, shannon woodhall, caitlin writes, noah wu, jimmy wu, amesia xiong, khou xiong, emi yang, lawrence yeh, amber yourman, victor yuan, jesse zagorsky, bishoy zakhary, allison zarach, betheny zolt, and eli zubiria
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