The Price of Cheap

The Price of Cheap

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 10, 2021

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

60%

Original Title

The Price of Cheap

Production Companies

White Pine Pictures, Wishing Step Pictures, Filmoption International

Director

Barry Stevens

Description

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.