Subjects: Conservation, Environmental Studies, Class Disparities, Asian Studies
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.
- Uruvatti International Film Festival 2021: Best Documentary Feature Film Award - Nawada International Film Festival 2021: Best Social Documentary Film - Chagrin Documentary Film Festival 2021: Best International Documentary Award - London Independent Film Awards 2021: Best Documentary Award - Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival 2021: Audience Choice Award - Free Spirit Film Festival 2021: Best Documentary Award - Tiburon International Film Festival 2021: Humanitarian Award - Black Swan International Film Festival 2021: Best Documentary Film Award - Boston Independent Film Awards 2021: Best Documentary Feature Film Award - Tagore International Film Festival 2021: Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Film Award - San Diego International Film Festival 2021: Audience Choice Award - Impact Docs Awards 2022: Award of Merit - Rameshwaram International Film Festival 2021: Finalist for Best Documentary Feature Film - HeCare Film Festival 2021: Finalist for Best Human Rights Film - Close:Up Edinburgh Docufest 2021: Finalist for Best Documentary Feature Film - The South London Film Festival 2021: Finalist for Best Documentary Feature - Golden Film Awards 2021: Finalist for Best Social Conscience Film - Montreal Independent Film Festival 2021: Semi-Finalist for Best Human Rights Film - Portland Film Festival 2021: Official Selection - Lone Star Film Festival 2021: Official Selection - Essex DocFest 2021: Official Selection - North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival 2021: Official Selection - Africa Human Rights Film Festival 2021: Official Selection - ReFrame Film Festival 2022: Official Selection - Kalakari Film Festival 2022: Official Selection - Milton Film Festival 2021: Official Selection
About the filmmaker
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.