The Day My God Died Review

The Day My God Died is a short documentary film about sex trafficking and sex slavery in foreign  countries. I found it very interesting that the film's title comes comes from a quote from a former trafficking victim. While watching this movie, I remember thinking "How can these girls endure this torture? I wouldn't be able to do it." No one should experience the torture that these girls faced, especially at such a young age. These young girls were tricked, kidnapped, beaten, raped and sometimes killed while being trafficked. As I watched the film, I felt really bad for these girls who had been trafficked and sent to live in these horrible, unthinkable conditions and endure the horrible treatment they got from the heads of the brothels and their "customers." I could tell that none of the girls wanted to be in the position that they were in and they wanted to get out any way they could. Just to try to get themselves out of harm's way, they would hide in holes where they'd hope no one would find them. That was one of the parts of the movie that stood out most to me. Also, the part where one of the heads of the brothel was talking about how she would beat the girls as if it were no big deal. She seemed as though she had no remorse whatsoever. I don't think she realized or even cared that the girls she was beating could've been her, or someone she cared about. That part of the film really got to me because the fact that she could mistreat these young women as bad as she did and also let random men come in and do the same to them was unbelievable to me. I also felt very bad for the girls who had contracted HIV/AIDS while being trafficked. It was like she had no heart. Overall, I believe that this film was a good one for the class to watch because it taught us about an issue that needs more recognition around world in places that it doesn't happen as often so maybe something can be done to help this problem.