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Avenue Zero

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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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.

Law and Crime Work and Labour Relations All subjects
  • participation
    Carla
    Cee Jai
    Josey
    Francisco Rico Martinez
    Benjamin Perrin
    Dave Dickson
    Alice Lee
    Nancy Brown
    Alexandra Pierre
    Jerly Paswal
    Lina Akoury
    Isabelle Girardin
    Annie Robert
    Magdala Turpin
    Guy Bianchi
    Lynn Dion
    Shelley Taylor
    Dorly Fisher
  • original idea
    Hélène Choquette
  • screenplay
    Hélène Choquette
  • research
    Hélène Choquette
    Kat Kosiancic
  • narration
    Hélène Choquette
  • director of photography
    Joël Provencher
  • supplementary footage
    Patrick Morin
    Frédérik Jouin
  • sound
    André Boisvert
    Jeff Carter
    Chantal Rhéaume
  • camera assistant
    Jean-Michel Lacasse
  • additional research
    Angélique Côté
  • image editing
    Dominic Lessard
  • image editing - assistant
    Geneviève Thibert
  • online editor
    Michel Tougas
  • colorization
    Jérôme Sabourin
  • animation design
    Frame studio
  • original music
    Anthony Rozankovic
  • musician
    Carla Antoun
    Anthony Rozankovic
    Camil Bélisle
  • sound post-production coordinator
    Claude Beaugrand
  • sound engineer
    Claude Beaugrand
  • dialogue editor
    Francine Poirier
  • foley artist
    Lise Wedlock
  • mixer
    Luc Boudrias
  • development producer
    Monique Simard
    Stéphanie Verrier
  • line production
    Isabelle Fortier
    Jean Fugazza
  • production coordinator
    Noreen Bélanger
  • producer
    Marcel Simard
  • director
    Hélène Choquette

Education

Ages 15 to 17

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Notes

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?

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