McLACHLAN, DEE & SASKIA BURMEISTER – THE JAMMED
SEX TRAFFICKING THE NEW SLAVE TRADE
SEX TRAFFICKING THE NEW SLAVE TRADE
Writer/director Dee McLachlan and one of the film’s stars, Saskia Burmeister talk to Andrew L. Urban about The Jammed – an exposé of Australia’s sex trafficking – which McLachlan calls the new slave trade - and its sinister underworld, which the authorities do little to control and even less to help the victims.
A special counsellor was on the set during some of the most challenging scenes in The Jammed, to help the cast cope with the emotional stress, says Saskia Burmeister, who plays Vanya, the Russian girl enslaved by Melbourne sex traffickers. One scene made her shudder after each take. And no, these sex traffickers are not burly, hairy, dark monsters, but middle class Melbournians; the owners of the illegal brothel, Glassman, is played by Andrew S. ...
A special counsellor was on the set during some of the most challenging scenes in The Jammed, to help the cast cope with the emotional stress, says Saskia Burmeister, who plays Vanya, the Russian girl enslaved by Melbourne sex traffickers. One scene made her shudder after each take. And no, these sex traffickers are not burly, hairy, dark monsters, but middle class Melbournians; the owners of the illegal brothel, Glassman, is played by Andrew S. ...
The full article can be read at: http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=13426&s=Interviews urban cinephile subscribers only.
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