The Day My God Died
The Day My God Died is a feature-length documentary that presents the stories of young girls whose lives have been shattered by the child sex trade. They describe the day they were abducted from their village and sold into sexual servitude as, The Day My God Died. The film provides actual footage from the brothels of Bombay, known even to tourists as "The Cages," captured with "spy camera" technology. It weaves the stories of girls, and their stolen hopes and dreams, into an unforgettable examination of the growing plague of child sex slavery.
Through the film we come to know victims such as Gina, sold into sex slavery at age 7 and beaten with sticks and aluminum rods. Anita, lured by a friend then drugged and sold at age 12, was beaten and threatened that she would be buried alive. Girls are gang-raped, beaten and forced to service up to 20 clients a day as they are held in perpetual sexual servitude.
The film also introduces us to the heroes of the movement to abolish child sex slavery – non-profit organizations which rescue and care for former sex slaves. Some victims have emerged to form their own underground railway out of slavery. Maili, trafficked at 19 along with her infant daughter, risks her life to help other girls. We see Jyoti, sold at age12, lead a raid on a brothel resulting in the rescue of seven girls and the arrest of two brothel owners.
Children are the commodity consumed by the voracious and sophisticated international sex trade. Recruiters capture them, smugglers transport them, brothel owners enslave them, corrupt police betray them and customers rape and infect them. Every person in the chain profits except for the girls, who pay the price with their lives. Sexual servitude is a virtual death sentence. During the making of the film, in Bombay alone, 90 new cases of HIV are reported every hour and the girls suffer up to an 80% HIV/AIDS infection rate.
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This is a utter disgrace in humanity that men have striped these women of their dignity. In another unrelated video regarding those drop off centers for the children of these imprisoned sex trafficked girls those centers become easy pickings for pedophiles from the UK who go there to volunteer and have easy access to these toddlers because no one dares to question them. Why are men depraved? Until men cease their depravity this will never end.
Painful to watch but this is the tragic reality of many children and young girls being sold into the sex trade. I am full of admiration for women like Anuradha Koirala of Maiti Nepal and other organizations who are working tirelessly to free them.
Heartbreaking to watch... But how incredible the strength they have to continue on and help others while also fighting their own demons. It makes you look within yourself, and your life and re-evaluate where you feel you may have been wronged. These girls are a true inspiration and I hope this documentary gets the publicity it deserves in order to get more support for this cause.
i wish intead of inveting in weapons india give budget to them n make himself better nation even im a muslim british pakistani i love tht mother of khatmando she is doing such great great work keep it up we r with u
I hate men that mess with little girls. they should line everyone up that is caught (a lot of them are never caught and live like theyre model citizens, pigs is what they are)and shoot the hell out of the sorry ass bastards!!!
Heartbreaking viewing.
does anyone have any information about how to get involved?
this documentary makes it look as if most of the clients are locals when it is a fact that more than 70 % of these clients are cruel p*rverts from the us and European countries
God bless Maili and mother of Kathmandu rescue centre, seems a huge pitty that these girls feel like they cannot go back to their hostile village I would love to visit this centre lovingly
nice film,this is a tru story. thanks.....
I think the title is fitting, a childs innocence is something we all thought God preserves, to hear of a child being subjected to such things is beyond comprehension to a God fearing person. Sex is not perverted, its the person that makes it perverted.
It's chilling to watch their cold disconnection with their emotion. They'll sit there and describe about how they were beaten, raped, and forced to do horrible things. All without a tear in their eye. They have no souls left.
I have repeat this movie many time as if I want to found answer to the question: Why ? So young women are traited so badly, with no respect of their needs (playing, smiling, loving themself...). We like freedom but we need restrictions and loi to make sure that there is no abuse of human rights all over the world and for any reason. Those women are "prostitutes" but they are innocents. They hav'nt choose their way of living, they loose their life. Only bad memories and sick body with dangerous deseases, that's what they receive from humanity and progress. Where we gone? We need justice, we need to change and we need God more than any time ago.
I have read about these happenings in books and public speeches and sometimes even wondered if they were true!!! but after watching this movie i am completely stunned by the utter hopelessness and pain that these women have gone through.for real! it is assumed by many that it is the women who "choose" to get into prostitution and blame the victim!! i salute the women who are trying to help others from being lured into this hell.
Some of these women have had to be the sacrifice to get free, and then help others...I want to go there, and help SO badly!!!!!
Sick bastards!! Has nothing to do with God...These are demented men!!! Speechless!!!!
Wouw, that's coming close.
A substantial movie. Showing courageous people, which are making a difference.
It reminds me of the many rapes to 'paria's' in states like Madhya Pradesh. It's almost save in India to rape a woman from a lower cast. She will not go to the police, and if she does, they will do nothing. Then on HIV. This is spread out all over India specially by truckdrivers who are moving all over the country, catch up hiv along the way, and bring it to their wives. To make things more complex, there's a big hypocrise / taboe on sex in Inda. No sex for traditional marriage. So with whom can you have sex if or as long you are not married? and once you're married, ........many search sex elswhere. So there's a huge sexual need, and it goes easily into the dark.
Because of this dark side of prostitution in India, there are not so many sex tourists going to India as far as I know, while Thailand receives 10 thousands of them each year.
Today is the 23rd Dec 2011, I cant even contemplate the idea of Christmas.. I am saddened by what some people do as supposed human beings.
There has to be a recourse to the law- for these girls?
Peace be with the good people of this world. x
This makes me so sad, yet we who have everything, access to healthcare medication and treatments always seem to complain we dont have enough. Its time we take action and help others, those who are in dire need. I know that even though there may be a lot of evil in this world, there is still a lot of good.
its horrors like these that remind me we are nothing more than clever beasts
I hold those who help these girls/women in such high regard and have SO much respect for them. And for the girls/women directly involved... Strong souls, I could not handle it.
my tears started rolling since i watched this documentary,please accept my big thanks to maiti and other NGOs who rescue those girls from brothels and helped them to rebuild their lives.....
Truly heart breaking. How we take everything for granted and don't even think about things like these happening in the world. And i am left totally speechless seeing that old lady working so hard to rescue these kids. May God bless her with everything to carry on her work. She is making a difference to so many helpless innocent lives.
A big salute for all the people who are doing their best to rescue these innocent girls. May you have the god's bless in everything you do to rescue and protect the girls and children.
What a shame for most indian authorities for not taking any actions against these pimps and criminals. You are showing big movies and giving nice stories about your country. At the end of the day you cannot control your own people. It is hard to believe what has happened to a country with a great history. All of you should be ashamed about these things happening in your country.