The Price of Cheap
MovieTitle | The Price of Cheap |
User score | 6 |
Release date | Mar 10, 2021 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Barry Stevens |
Production country | Canada |
Production companies | White Pine Pictures, Wishing Step Pictures, Filmoption International |
Run time | 80 min. |
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 a man named Joseph Raj, who runs an organization called 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. We hear from the survivors he has helped rescue, hear of their horrific experiences, and desire for education and change. Academics and social justice workers weigh in on why the issue of forced labour persists.