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Avenue Zero
2009
52 min
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Human trafficking is a reality: Asian girls are enslaved in suburban massage parlors; domestic workers toil like slaves in suburban homes; girls in a Montreal subway station are lured into prostitution; Vancouver gangs recruit Honduran boys to sell drugs. Featuring candid interviews with victims, witnesses and perpetrators, Avenue Zero weaves a spellbinding portrait of a dark and sinister trade flourishing in the shadows of the law.
Human trafficking is a reality: Asian girls are enslaved in suburban massage parlors; domestic workers toil like slaves in suburban homes; girls in a Montreal subway station are lured into prostitution; Vancouver gangs recruit Honduran boys to sell drugs. Featuring candid interviews with victims, witnesses and perpetrators, Avenue Zero weaves a spellbinding portrait of a dark and sinister trade flourishing in the shadows of the law.
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participationCarlaCee JaiJoseyFrancisco Rico MartinezBenjamin PerrinDave DicksonAlice LeeNancy BrownAlexandra PierreJerly PaswalLina AkouryIsabelle GirardinAnnie RobertMagdala TurpinGuy BianchiLynn DionShelley TaylorDorly Fisher
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original ideaHélène Choquette
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screenplayHélène Choquette
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researchHélène ChoquetteKat Kosiancic
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narrationHélène Choquette
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director of photographyJoël Provencher
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supplementary footagePatrick MorinFrédérik Jouin
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soundAndré BoisvertJeff CarterChantal Rhéaume
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camera assistantJean-Michel Lacasse
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additional researchAngélique Côté
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image editingDominic Lessard
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image editing - assistantGeneviève Thibert
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online editorMichel Tougas
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colorizationJérôme Sabourin
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animation designFrame studio
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original musicAnthony Rozankovic
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musicianCarla AntounAnthony RozankovicCamil Bélisle
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sound post-production coordinatorClaude Beaugrand
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sound engineerClaude Beaugrand
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dialogue editorFrancine Poirier
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foley artistLise Wedlock
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mixerLuc Boudrias
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development producerMonique SimardStéphanie Verrier
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line productionIsabelle FortierJean Fugazza
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production coordinatorNoreen Bélanger
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producerMarcel Simard
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directorHélène Choquette
Ages 15 to 17
Study Guide
School subjects
In class, define the expression “human trafficking,” and explain the following terms: “recruitment by intimidation,” “abduction,” “abuse of authority,” “exploitation”. . . Point out that household employees, farmhands and factory workers can also be subjected to these abuses. Asking questions about male sexuality would certainly be relevant as well, as it is estimated that 90% of sexual abuse victims are women and children. Is there a legal solution to this problem? Who are the faces of slavery today? What are individual citizens’ responsibilities? What about the civil and human rights of the victims?