Selling Innocence is a 2005 television film depicting the exploitation of teenagers on the internet. The film was a co-production among the Edmonton-based television production company ImagiNation, Montreal's Cite-Amerique, and CTV, for CTV's line of television films collectively known as the CTV Signature Series. The film's broadcast premiere was July 2, 2005, on CTV in Canada, and on Lifetime in the United States.
Mia Sampson (Sarah Lind), an unpopular girl, is approached at the mall one day to become a model. Even though she thinks modeling is shallow, she thinks it will be a better way to earn money than working for a sushi restaurant and goes to the agency. She poses for photographs which are to be displayed on an Internet website for "members only," supposedly so she can be scouted for other modeling jobs. As Mia's membership begins to go up, she begins feeling uncomfortable and also receives disturbing messages from a subscriber known as Gabriel. However, she continues to take shots and even participates in live video chats with the gentlemen of the site. Too late, Mia realizes that she is working for a pornography site and goes to a group called webwatch to uncover the operation. However, since the agency isn't doing anything illegal, the police can't do anything.
Mia is disgusted and even though she has earned over 30,000 dollars, she quits, after finding out that a girl younger than her has been hired. Her boss, however, still has full legal rights to her photos and tells her he will keep the website up, as she is the site's most popular "model." He does offer, though, to take down the site if Mia will do a 15-minute live web show whose clients have offered a lot of money to see. Mia accepts, as a man at the webwatch station has told her that it will be the evidence the police need to take down the operation. Mia begins the show, but when the police don't show up she cannot bear to finish the show and runs to the webwatch station. The man at the webwatch station is enraged that she didn't finish; he is Gabriel. He tries to force her to finish the show for him privately while he records it, but Mia tries to escape. Luckily, Mia's mom and boyfriend show up as he is attacking her.
The film ends with Mia working at a fast food restaurant, her safety restored, the "agency" shut down, and Gabriel behind bars. However, the ending shot shows a teenage boy going through old photos that Mia had done that are still online – proving what her boss stated earlier in the film to her that, whether she quits or not, the girl she became will always be out there.
selling, innocence, 2005, television, film, depicting, exploitation, teenagers, internet, film, production, among, edmonton, based, television, production, company, imagination, montreal, cite, amerique, line, television, films, collectively, known, signature,. Selling Innocence is a 2005 television film depicting the exploitation of teenagers on the internet The film was a co production among the Edmonton based television production company ImagiNation Montreal s Cite Amerique and CTV for CTV s line of television films collectively known as the CTV Signature Series The film s broadcast premiere was July 2 2005 on CTV in Canada and on Lifetime in the United States Selling InnocenceDirected byPierre GangWritten byJohn Moffatt story amp teleplay StarringMimi Rogers J R Bourne Sarah Lind Tamara HopeRelease dateJuly 2 2005 2005 07 02 Running time88 minCountryUnited States CanadaLanguageEnglishPlot editMia Sampson Sarah Lind an unpopular girl is approached at the mall one day to become a model Even though she thinks modeling is shallow she thinks it will be a better way to earn money than working for a sushi restaurant and goes to the agency She poses for photographs which are to be displayed on an Internet website for members only supposedly so she can be scouted for other modeling jobs As Mia s membership begins to go up she begins feeling uncomfortable and also receives disturbing messages from a subscriber known as Gabriel However she continues to take shots and even participates in live video chats with the gentlemen of the site Too late Mia realizes that she is working for a pornography site and goes to a group called webwatch to uncover the operation However since the agency isn t doing anything illegal the police can t do anything Mia is disgusted and even though she has earned over 30 000 dollars she quits after finding out that a girl younger than her has been hired Her boss however still has full legal rights to her photos and tells her he will keep the website up as she is the site s most popular model He does offer though to take down the site if Mia will do a 15 minute live web show whose clients have offered a lot of money to see Mia accepts as a man at the webwatch station has told her that it will be the evidence the police need to take down the operation Mia begins the show but when the police don t show up she cannot bear to finish the show and runs to the webwatch station The man at the webwatch station is enraged that she didn t finish he is Gabriel He tries to force her to finish the show for him privately while he records it but Mia tries to escape Luckily Mia s mom and boyfriend show up as he is attacking her The film ends with Mia working at a fast food restaurant her safety restored the agency shut down and Gabriel behind bars However the ending shot shows a teenage boy going through old photos that Mia had done that are still online proving what her boss stated earlier in the film to her that whether she quits or not the girl she became will always be out there Cast editMimi Rogers Abby Sampson J R Bourne Malcolm Lowe Sarah Lind Mia Sampson Tamara Hope Chelsea Burns Mike Lobel Justin Johnson Joanne Kelly Simone Fred Ewanuick James Charisse Baker Jen Wilson Alexz Johnson Angel DeSousa Emma Paetz Stephanie Walker Margherita Donato Bridget Nicky Pugh Naomi Patrick Gilmore Karl Jonathan Lachlan Stewart Jock in CafeteriaExternal links editSelling Innocence at IMDb nbsp CTV ca https web archive org web 20080303081415 http www imaginationfilm tv projects productions SIN Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Selling Innocence amp oldid 1172383059, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
