On this edition of Your Call, filmmaker Mimi Chakarova discusses "Still I Rise," her series of short documentaries that tell the stories of people who have faced adversity.
In “The Light,” we meet sex trafficking and drug addiction survivor Jasmine Grace Marino, who has created a non-profit that helps women in Massachusetts affected by trafficking, prostitution, addiction and homelessness. How are survivors supporting each another?
Guests:
Mimi Chakarova, a filmmaker, documentarian and photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her series of short films is "Still I Rise"
Jasmine Grace Marino, founder of Bags of Hope Ministries, which supports vulnerable women in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and author of The Diary of Jasmine Grace
Web Resources:
Wicked Local: Human trafficking a scourge, even locally
AP: New solutions for the old problem of illegal massage parlors
