Despair

New girls are brought to “breaking ground” houses where they are systematically broken and beaten into submission.

Themes: Sex Trafficking, Abuse, Coercion, Social Issues, Sex, Control, Victim, Powerless, Fear

When the fall of communism left many parents unemployed and is search of work, their abandoned children were prime targets for sex traffickers.

Themes: Orphan, Corruption, Sex Trafficking, Abuse, Coercion, Social Issues, Sex, Control, Victim

After being abducted, young girls are treated and examined like cattle by their pimps.

Themes: Sex Trafficking, Abuse, Coercion, Social Issues, Sex, Control, Victim, Powerless, Fear

Todd tries to comfort a member of his congregation who is struggling with the death of her son.

Themes: Grief, Death, God's Love, Questioning God, Pain, Suffering, Anger, Love, Eternity

The true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, who was abducted and sold into slavery.

Themes: Survival, Slavery, Injustice, Human Rights, Life, Humanity, Despair, Hopeless, Bondage

Solomon admonishes a fellow slave who is crying over being separated from her children, and tells her not to fall into despair.

Themes: Sorrow, Despair, Giving Up, Survival, Hope, Hopeless, Slavery, Perseverance, Freedom

Solomon and two other slaves discuss whether to plan a mutiny. Solomon states that he doesn't just want to just survive, he wants to live.

Themes: Survival, Slavery, Injustice, Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Life, Humanity, Despair, Hopeless