Description

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A DANCE FOR BETHANY tells an inspiring and compelling story of how one woman risks everything to help a sex trafficked victim out of the world of slavery and into a world with a future and a hope of fulfilling a childhood dream of becoming a real dancer. The fictional story based on the reality of the sex trafficking market in today’s US, The fictional Bethany Stevenson is iconic as a 12 year old runaway forced into sex slavery as a stripper/prostitute. The film chronicles the struggle of reporter Abbey Fisher to free her own self from the bondage of a politically correct and comfortable lifestyle into her passion. After meeting and befriending young Bethany, Abbey immediately meets opposition from local club owners who don’t want to lose one of their prime moneymakers. Abbey is quickly challenged when she learns that she is caught in a tightly woven web of politics, morals and crime and becomes a problem to those who want to profit from sexually exploiting young women. She takes on her husband and his colleague, Senator George Abbot and their attempt at creating legislation that inadvertently profits by the retailing of sex in the US thereby legitimizing it. With the help of Sarah, Abbey's best friend and Co-worker and Eric Vandevere, local dance instructor, Bethany receives support and courage to make a new life for herself and in the process publicly exposes the dehumanization of the sex trade in her city. In the end, the Reporter, Abbey Fisher is the one who finds true redemption as she reaches outside herself to help another.

Cast

Robyn Lively, William McNamara, Lori Beth Edgeman, Ann Mahoney, Karen Ross, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Danny Vinson, Stella Parton

Festivals

1) Unanimous Grand Jury Award Best Feature Film -Faith and Film Festival 2007

2) Redemptive Storyteller Award Winner for 2007 - Redemptive Film Festival:

Dear Yvonne Williams,

Congratulations! Our jurors have deliberated and your film was selected to receive a Redemptive Storyteller Award for 2007. This is a tribute to your hard work and the high quality achieved by your team.

Our jurors included professionals with years of experience in many aspects of cinema and television and one "film aficionado," who represented the public. All entries were screened using very high standards and only films with an average rating of 80 percent were selected as award winners. Several good films were not selected for this award, so you should be proud of your achievement.

Again, congratulations.....

Sincerely,

Chris Cunningham, Festival Director
Redemptive Film Festival

3) "Award of Excellence Original Score" awarded by The Accolade Competition. The best of film music. It is awarded by The Accolade Competition. They state in their award, "The judging standards are high and winning means the craft and creativity exhibited in your entry is outstanding and stands above other productions."

Please visit our site http://www.humantraffickingmovie.com and learn more about the issues of human trafficking and maybe get involved in helping us turn the tide on it!

Production Credits & Notes

Directed by Brian Gurley, Produced by Marion D. Williams, Co-Producer Lee Nesbitt, DP Brian Gurley, Production Design Gayle Wurthner