8/17/10: Playground

KUER 90.1

Published August 16, 2010 at 9:02 AM MDT

By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, Utah – Filmmaker Libby Spears was traveling abroad to try to untangle the horrors of sexual human trafficking. What she learned in the Philippines, South Korea and Thailand though is that it wouldn't be happening without American capital. In her new documentary Playground, Spears traces the child sex trade to its roots in the United States. The film opens this weekend in Salt Lake City, and Tuesday, Libby Spears joins Doug to talk about it.

Playground will be shown Friday, August 20th through Thursday, August 26th at the Tower Theatre. Visit the Salt Lake Film Society for more information.

The Salt Lake City Film Center will host a free screening and a Q&A with filmmaker Libby Spears. That's this Sunday, August 22nd at 4:30 p.m. at the Tower Theatre. For more information, click here

For information on Saturday's benefit concert for "Child Rescue," click here

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