End Sex Trafficking

3 Generations has been documenting stories about victims of sex trafficking since 2010. Over the past twelve years, we have created more than twenty videos, three award-winning short films, and the feature documentary Tricked. It is our mission to provide a vital platform for victims of sex trafficking to tell their stories.

We have some updates to share about our critical work. The Saint Lawrence County Safe Harbour and SUNY Potsdam are hosting a screening of our feature documentary Tricked on April 25 to commemorate National Crime Victims Awareness Week. It will be followed by a discussion with our Founder and the Director/Producer of the film Jane Wells.

We are also sponsoring our 2nd Annual Youth Video Contest this spring. We are asking aspiring young filmmakers to use Tricked as inspiration for their own short film that answers the prompt “Why document the truth?”. Tricked and the awareness campaign that we ran alongside it helped establish sex trafficking as a global human rights abuse. We are encouraging young people between the ages of 16-26 to watch the film and use it to inspire their documentation of human rights abuses.

For more information about our film Tricked and this year’s video contest please visit our website.

3 Generations has been documenting stories of sex trafficking for over 10 years. We have and will continue to provide a vital platform for victims and survivors of sex trafficking to talk about the devastating consequences of this human rights abuse. 

Our Founder Jane Wells recently checked in with Nik, the subject of our short film What About the Boys. His story dispels some of the common myths about gay prostitution and offers a heart-wrenching look at how one young American boy was brutally forced into sex work. Today, Nik is well and living in Chicago, the city where he was originally forced into prostitution. He works in a cabaret theatre and for a nonprofit fighting sex trafficking - Dreamcatcher.org.  A big part of his work is street outreach. He spends many evenings meeting with, and helping, LGBTQ sex workers. It is a community that embraces him and his past, and one that he enjoys helping in return. 

Nik is thriving both physically and mentally. His training as a psychologist and his experience as a survivor are a powerful combination.  It is wonderful to see his progress and growth of self-confidence over the decade we have known him. We admire him deeply and are honored to continue to help tell his story and to witness his journey. Bravo Nik.

To get more information about our short film What About the Boys, and any of our other work please go to our website, 3generations.org.