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Nefarious: Merchant of Souls[edit]

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This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 17, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 10:43, 6 December 2013‎ (UTC)[reply]

Laila Mickelwait screened Nefarious in several countries.
Nefarious: Merchant of Souls is a 2011 American documentary film about modern human trafficking, specifically sexual slavery. Presented from a Christian worldview, Nefarious covers human trafficking in the United States, Western and Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia, alternating interviews with re-enactments. Nefarious was written, directed, produced and narrated by Benjamin Nolot, founder and president of Exodus Cry, the film's distributor. Nolot travelled to 19 countries to collect the film's content. Interviewees in the film include Agape International Missions founder Don Brewster, former prostitute Annie Lobert, and Swedish Detective Superintendent Kajsa Wahlberg. Laila Mickelwait (pictured), Exodus Cry's Director of Awareness and Prevention, screened the film in several countries in an attempt to persuade governments to make laws similar to Sweden's Sex Purchase Act, which criminalizes the purchasing rather than the selling of sex. Nefarious has won a variety of film awards, including the Honolulu Film Award for Best Screenplay, the Urban Mediamakers Film Festival Best Documentary Feature Award, and the Indie Fest Feature Documentary Award of Excellence. (Full article...)

I don't think this blurb gets any points according to the criteria above, but I do think this article unique and worth featuring on the main page. Neelix (talk) 08:41, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • There's a short film Frank's Cock about HIV/AIDS scheduled for 1 December, which it might be worth spacing this nomination further away from, particularly given that the subject material is not completely dissimilar. Espresso Addict (talk) 12:18, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support was glad to support this article during FAC and along its development there.--ColonelHenry (talk) 14:58, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, essentially per ColonelHenry (talk · contribs), above. Cheers, — Cirt (talk) 17:04, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. A striking article that will get many casual visitors to investigate an important topic. Tim riley (talk) 23:40, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Fresh out of the box FA on a cutting edge documentary. It would be nice to see this on the MP. CassiantoTalk 23:54, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, per the reasons named above. --1ST7 (talk) 03:12, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per above —Cliftonian (talk) 08:43, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per above Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:43, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, as per the above. – SchroCat (talk) 21:38, 2 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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