New Showtime Doc Spotlights Illegal Sex Trade

LOS ANGELES: Lucy Liu has signed on to narrate the new Showtime documentary Redlight, which exposes the horrors of the illegal sex trade market in Southeast Asia.

The doc is slated to air on September 9 at 8 p.m., corresponding with Washington D.C.’s Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Redlight was filmed over a period of four years. It focuses on the real-life stories of Cambodian children who are victims of human trafficking. It also features two advocates for change: grass-roots activist Somaly Mam and politician Mu Sochua. Both have since been nominated for the Noble Peace Prize.

The film is directed by RedLight Children Founder Guy Jacobson and Ezroni, both of whom won the U.S. State Department’s Global Hero Award for their work in Cambodia.