The Price of Cheap

The Price of Cheap tells the stories of modern slaves in textiles manufacturing supply chains and the brave individuals fighting on the ground against immeasurable odds to help them. We follow Mr. Joseph Raj, who runs organization T.E.S.T. (Trust for Education and Social Transformation) in Tamil Nadu, India as he goes on raids to rescue underage children from unsafe and labour intensive factories. Survivors he has helped rescue, testify about their horrific experiences, and desire for education and change. Academics and social justice workers weigh in on why the issue of forced labour persists.

Barry Stevens is a Toronto documentary filmmaker and screenwriter. He won a Gemini Award (Best Drama) for The Diary of Evelyn Lau starring Sandra Oh in her first role, then switched to non-fiction, as a writer on the International Emmy-winning documentary, Gerry and Louise. An early film he directed, Offspring, about his search for his sperm donor, was seen in 61 countries won a number of awards and was nominated for an Emmy. For five years, he directed the acclaimed and CSA-winning series for History TV, War Story. Other docs include Prosecutor about the first year of the International Criminal Court, and films about bombing civilians, de-radicalizing extremists and forced labour in India. His most recent films are The World’s Biggest Family, about the problems with anonymous sperm donation, and Fight to the Finish, on History TV, commemorating the end of World War II, told by those who won it.