Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic
Thu 9/29
Doors - 6:30 pm, Start time - 6:50 pm
Location:
Main Theatre
2022
Runtime:
2:00
Release Date:
29 September 2022
Genre:
Documentary
"Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic" premiers at the Grandin on September 29th! Tickets available now!
An insider look into one of the largest sextortion cases investigated by Homeland Security and DOJ on American soil, as various experts, parents and victims sound the alarm on the fastest growing cyber crime against children ever.
Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic,” which made its premiere at the 2022 Santa Barbara International Film Festival as part of the Social Justice Feature Documentaries, tackles a disturbing yet timely subject matter, and is an investigation into the world of online grooming and sextortion—a present-day reality for many children online. Through partnerships with the Department of Justice and Homeland Security, the filmmaking team had unique unrestricted access to all government documents for an international sextortion case of a Top Gun pilot with hundreds of victims, unsealed for this film for the very first time. By interviewing survivors and their parents, this true crime piece exposes this fastest growing crime against children, the tactics of online predators, and the voices of parents and law enforcement poised to stop online child exploitation in its tracks. For more info, visit www.sextortionfilm.com
Director:
Maria Peek
Writers:
Maria Peek