I am Jane Doe
The epic battle that several American mothers are waging on behalf of their middle-school daughters, victims of sex trafficking on Backpage.com, the adult classifieds section that for years was part of the iconic Village Voice. Narrated by Academy Award-nominee Jessica Chastain and directed by award-winning filmmaker Mary Mazzio, the documentary follows the journey of these young girls and their mothers in real time as they run headlong into a collision course not only with Backpage but with judges, powerful corporations, special interest groups, and an outdated internet freedom law that has been interpreted by federal judges to protect websites from any responsibility for hosting ads which sell underage girls. I AM JANE DOE is a gut-wrenching human story and fresh look at a social and legal issue that affects every community in America.
9 July 1962, Bronx, New York, USA
29 August 1936, Canal Zone, Panama
11 March 1941, Sycamore, Illinois, USA
20 May 1954, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
24 March 1977, Sacramento, California, USA
11 July 1945, New Britain, Connecticut, USA
April 1, 1969 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
24 July 1953, Rolla, Missouri, USA
3 June 1967, New York City, New York, USA
April 8, 1955 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA
December 19, 1955 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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February 10, 2017
Wrenching doc about underage sex trafficking, legal battles.
February 10, 2017
It's an important subject, lucidly presented.
February 08, 2017
The writer-director, Mary Mazzio, demonstrates a profound empathy with her subjects, who can admit to the charms of "Pretty Woman" without falling for it.
February 08, 2017
[A] striking, powerful and up-to-the-minute documentary about sex trafficking on the website Backpage.
July 02, 2017
I Am Jane Doe doesn't quite work in some places, but it's a significant film deserving global recognition - if only to bring attention to the realities of child trafficking.
February 14, 2017
A powerful documentary ...
February 10, 2017
A clear-eyed and pressing work of advocacy journalism.
February 12, 2017
An equally powerful, enraging and poignant exposé of underage sex trafficking. It should be mandatory viewing for every high school student.
February 09, 2017
[A] sobering, often sickening, bluntly effective piece of advocacy cinema ...
February 09, 2017
"I Am Jane Doe" coalesces into a steamroller of pain that squashes our ability to see beyond its wounded families.
