POV Season 32

Feature Film | 03/23/2020 | 90 Mins

In a rehabilitation shelter in Ghana, two children are recovering from enslavement to fishermen. But their story takes an unexpected turn when their rescuer embarks on another mission and asks the children for help. Charting the unfolding drama, The Rescue List tells a moving story of friendship and courage—transcending tropes of victimhood and illustrating what it means to love and survive.

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The Rescue List

Feature Film

Trailer | The Rescue List

Trailer

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Lesson plan CHILDREN IN THE WAKE: The Collateral Consequences of Modern Slavery on Childhood
Discussion guide The Rescue List: Discussion Guide
Reading list The Rescue List Delver Deeper Reading List

Film Credits —

Alyssa Fedele
Zachary Fink

About the Film —

Critical Acclaim —

“[S]ure to stir conversation as well as emotion... [The Rescue List] will open audience’s eyes to larger problems of child abuse and exploitation that pervade too many countries around the globe”

— Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter