A team of undercover human trafficking investigators race to locate and rescue trafficking victims by assisting local, state, and federal authorities in capturing their traffickers. Together, they confront the grueling and emotional challenge of finding modern-day slaves, gathering evidence for trafficker arrests, and preventing future exploitation.
Overview
Embedded is a docu-series that fights all forms of human trafficking. With a team that operates both domestically and internationally, Embedded aims to dismantle the shadowy networks of this global scourge. The series not only traces the origins of traffickers and their methodologies in ensnaring victims but also seeks to educate its audience about the intricate infrastructure that sustains this illicit industry. By shedding light on this pressing issue, Embedded contributes to the global fight against human trafficking, aiming to inform, awaken, and mobilize collective action.
Embedded places the viewer front and center in the planning and execution of human-trafficking investigations, intercepts, rescues, and arrest operations. The audience will come face-to-face with even more cunning perpetrators, the challenges of combating trafficking unique to every state and nation on Earth – and in every viewer’s backyard.
The risk and danger faced by the team – both physical and mental – are real. Each operation exposes the team to potentially violent criminal elements, gun-wielding pimps, and ruthless criminal networks – all hiding in plain sight. They can do everything right and still lose victims and perpetrators. Direct and vicarious trauma from repeated encounters with victims takes an insidious toll on the emotional well-being of the entire team. From maintaining their cover in intense situations to split-second decisions with life-changing legal and operational consequences.
To date, the principal filmmakers and creative team have…
– Established deep relationships with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.
– Conducted successful operations in Cambodia, Los Angeles, and Virginia.
– Successfully produced a 60-minute episode investigating a wealthy Beverly Hills trafficker exploiting 12-20 girls per month through an Illicit Massage Business (IMB).
– Completed principal photography on a second 60-minute episode.
– Continued to expand the scope of investigative opportunities including sex and labor trafficking.
– Engaged in assessment for episode operations in Miami, New York, the Dominican Republic, West Africa, India, Indonesia, and in Louisville, KY during the KY Derby.
“Sound of Freedom,” an independent film, serves as a testament to the power of story when addressing a complex and challenging subject. This not only shattered box office expectations but also ignited conversations worldwide. It’s proof that people crave content that not only entertains but also enlightens and inspires.
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Reserve Entertainment is a production and finance company focusing on stories that matter, with a goal to Influence, Impact and Inspire audiences!Working with Paramount Pictures, Reserve's first feature film was an adaptation of the New York Times' bestselling book, SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME. The movie stars Academy Award® nominated actors Renee Zellweger, Greg Kinnear, Djimon Hounsou, and Jon Voight. Reserve also created and produced the television show Mark Hamill's Pop Culture Quest with Lionsgate. Reserve Entertainment's latest release was the award-winning BLUE MIRACLE, starring Dennis Quaid is a Netflix Original, and has had huge success since its release!
Darren Moorman is a seasoned producer and the head of Reserve Entertainment. He has worked with studios that include MGM, Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, and Netflix. Reserve develops and produces high-quality films and television programming that not only entertains but also influences, impacts, and inspires audiences. Working with Paramount Pictures, Darren produced 'Same Kind Of Different As Me.' The movie starred Academy Award®-nominated actors Renee Zellweger, Greg Kinnear, Djimon Hounsou, and Jon Voight. Darren also created and produced the television show 'Mark Hamill's Pop Culture Quest' with Lionsgate. Reserve Entertainment's latest release was 'Blue Miracle,' which stars Dennis Quaid, and has had huge success since its release. He is currently in post-production on a feature film entitled 'SIGHT,' starring Greg Kinnear, and Reserve just wrapped principal photography on two other features, 'THE HILL' starring Dennis Quaid, 'BOYS OF SUMMER' starring Mel Gibson and Kevin James, and 'SWEETWATER' starring Cary Elwes, Kevin Pollak, Jim Caviezel, and Richard Dreyfus. Darren and his wife Krista live in California with their two sons, Eli and Zion.
For twenty years, Nadus Films has been 'making films that make a difference.' Derived from content rooted in some of the most pressing issues that affect our world, Nadus has developed and produced award-winning content that inspires others to action. Having produced films on nearly every continent, documenting stories ranging from gang violence to human trafficking, Nadus has a proven track record of telling stories that are highly entertaining while also sensitive to its subjects. Nadus award-winning projects include an Emmy-nominated TV series and have been featured on Discovery, Comcast, NBC, Starz, ESPN, the NFL Network, and previewed by the United Nations.
For over a decade, Slavery No More has worked to build capacity for local, state, and federal law enforcement, U.S. government agencies, and domestic and international NGOs working to combat human trafficking (HT) - convening domestic and global eaders in the work to improve best practices, train law enforcement, and raise funds for under-staffed, under-resourced agencies and organizations. In 2019, Slavery No More initiated its Deployment Team strategy, using a Train-Advise-Assist model to build investigative capacity for all strata of law enforcement, and with its team of global and domestic anti-trafficking experts is helping to prove the model of experienced teams aiding law enforcement agencies in increasing human trafficking investigations. Slavery No More Founder, Peter White, assembled the operations team and network for Embedded, is developing ongoing investigations and opportunities for future operations and episodes, and participates in the writing and production of the Embedded series.
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