The Why at Kunsthal Charlottenborg

Every day, every hour, every minute and every second, more than 40 million children, women and men live as slaves all around the globe.

THE WHY foundation, a Danish-based NGO, shines a light on the millions of destinies lived in the shadow of enslavement — and the billion dollar industry behind it.

Kunsthal Charlottenborg invites you to come and watch 4 critically acclaimed films on this pressing topic. The films will be screened at the start of every full hour, to remind us about the harsh reality faced by millions of men, women and children.

The films can be seen at Kunsthal Charlottenborg the 13th – 20th of October, Tue-Fri at 12pm-8pm and Sat-Sun 11am-5pm.

MAID IN HELL
Director / Søren Klovborg (DK)
Producer / Mette Heide (DK)

“Maid in Hell” investigates the bonded labour system known as kafala in the Middle East. Harassment, abuse, rape and 18-hour work days are a commonplace reality for domestic helpers who have travelled from countries all over the world, with the hope to be able to support their families from abroad. Their passports are confiscated upon arrival and they are bound to their employer. Unable to flee, they risk harsh punishments or imprisonments if they try.

JAILED IN AMERICA
Instruktør / Roger Ross Williams (US)
Producer / Femke Wolting (NL)

“Jailed in America” explores the billion dollar prison industrial complex in the US. During the last 30 years, America’s prison population has surged from 330,000 to 2.3 million inmates. In this deeply personal and provocative film, Academy Award-winning director Roger Ross Williams sets out on a mission to investigate the prison system that has helped drive this explosive web of political, social, and economic forces that have consumed so many of Roger’s friends and family.

NORTH KOREA’S SECRET SLAVES: DOLLAR HEROES
Instruktør / Carl Gierstorfer (DE) & Sebastian Weis (DE)
Producer / Tristan Chytroschek (DE) & Wonjung Bae (KOR)

“North Korea’s Secret Slaves: Dollar Heroes” dives deep into the lives of the hidden slaves the North Korean regime sends abroad to work. Shrouded in secrecy and notoriously cash-strapped, the North Korean regime has resorted to running one of the world’s largest slaving operations – exploiting the profits to fulfill their own agenda. These bonded laborers can be found in Russia, China and dozens of other countries around the world – including EU member states.

A WOMAN CAPTURED
Instruktør / Bernadett Tuza-Ritter (HU)
Producer / Julianna Ugrin (HU) & Viki Réka Kiss (HU)

“A woman Captured” tells the heart-breaking story of a European woman who has been kept by a family as a domestic slave for 10 years. Marish has been exploited and abused by a women for whom she toils as a housekeeper entirely unpaid – performing all manner of back-breaking household duties seven days a week in exchange only for meals, cigarettes and a couch to sleep on. A women captured is a raw and intimate portrayal of the psychology behind enslavement.