Running Time: 52 and 80 mins.
Year: 2021

synopsis

The Price of Cheap tells the stories of modern slaves in textile manufacturing supply chains and the brave individuals fighting on the ground against immeasurable odds to help them. We follow a man named Joseph Raj, who runs an organization called T.E.S.T. (Trust for Education and Social Transformation) in Tamil Nadu, India as he goes on raids to rescue underage children from unsafe and labour-intensive factories. We hear from the survivors he has helped rescue, hear of their horrific experiences, and desire for education and change. Academics and social justice workers weigh in on why the issue of forced labour persists.

Credits

FILMOPTION INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS A WISHING STEP PICTURES PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH WHITE PINE PICTURES

DIRECTOR AND NARRATOR BARRY STEVENS
PRODUCERS KIM CARTER, ZABI YAQEEN AND PAUL CADIEUX
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS KIERNAN BELL, NICK CAMPBELL, KIM CARTER, PETER RAYMONT, MARYSE ROUILLARD AND NEIL GLASS

WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF EDE CONYERS, JEFF CONYERS, HEATHER CONYERS, TOM CONYERS, DEREK STAPLEY, JULIA COOK AND STEVE THOMSON

WRITERS BARRY STEVENS AND ZABI YAQEEN
EDITOR STEVE WESLAK
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY SHASHANK WALIA
AND AGAM JAIN
COLOURIST PHILIPPE CARBONEAU
COMPOSER ROBERT MARCEL LEPAGE
SOUND RECORDISTS SASHA JORDAN, JEREMY WHELEHAN, REEMA KAUR AND VIPUL POL
SOUND MIXER AND EDITOR MICHEL LAMBERT
CONSULTING EDITOR NICK HECTOR

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