• What is Sextortion? Interview: Director Maria Peek and Producer Stephen Peek

  • Oct 11 2022
  • Length: 30 mins
  • Podcast

What is Sextortion? Interview: Director Maria Peek and Producer Stephen Peek

  • Summary

  • See the Official Trailer, Plus Host Celebrity Spotlight Radio and filmmaker Antonio Saillant talks with Director Maria Peek and Producer Stephen Peek about the powerful, 'Sextortion The Hidden Pandemic' Documentary.  This powerful story is one that needs to be told, where human trafficking has victims numbering in the hundreds of thousands, sextortion affects 10s of millions of teens and pre-teens...1 in 4 kids are affected or know someone affected.
    This film has a  theatrical release in Los Angeles on Sept 30th and global (across North America and in countries around the world) TVOD/Digital Platforms on October 4th of 1091 Pictures' Auroris Media film powerful documentary “Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic.” 
    “Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic,” which made its premiere at this year’s Santa Barbara International Film Festival as part of the Social Justice Feature Documentaries, tackles a disturbing yet timely subject matter, and is an investigation into the world of online grooming and sextortion—a present-day reality for many children online. Auroris Media  is launching a national educational screening tour to help save the next child from this fastest growing global crime (current breaking news on this tragic crime in recent days include California, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Australia on CNN, ABC News, etc.).  
    About “Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic”
    Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic is an investigation into the world of online grooming and sextortion--a present-day reality for one in seven children online. Where human trafficking has hundreds of thousands of victims, sextortion victims are in the tens of millions each year. By unsealing the federal case of a top-gun pilot with hundreds of victims, and interviewing survivors and their parents, this true-crime piece exposes an often-overlooked crime against children, the tactics of online predators, and the voices of parents and law enforcement poised to stop online child exploitation in its tracks. 
    About the Spotlight Docs Series: Keeping Our Kids Safe Online is an Impact Screening Series presented by Spotlight Docs. After its world premiere at the 2022 Santa Barbara Film Festival, the film will be traveling with an expert panel to educate parents and teens ahead of the films theatrical release on Sept 30th and global TVOD/Digital release on October 4th, 2022. To learn more visit: www.sextortionfilm.com
    The filmmakers created an online educational curriculum in partnership with  NCMEC, which is available at https://www.missingkids.org/netsmartz.  Curriculum is available free of charge to educators, parents, federal agents and police departments, and is age-appropriate for middle and high school students. 
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