AFTER THE FILM

Immediately after the film, you may want to give people a few quiet moments to reflect on what they have seen. You could pose a general question (examples below) and give people some time to themselves to jot down or think about their answers before opening the discussion. Alternatively, you could ask participants to share their thoughts with a partner before starting a group discussion.

• What are 2-3 things you learned from The Rescue List?
• What specific feelings did the film bring up for you? Do you remember which scene brought that feeling up?
• Did this film generate any new thoughts, ideas, or ask you to consider something you hadn't yet before considered?
• If you could ask anyone in the film a single question, whom would you ask? What would you ask; and why?
• Describe a moment or scene in the film that you found particularly moving or disturbing. What was it about that scene that was especially compelling for you?

DISCUSSION PROMPT - TRAFFICKING & MODERN SLAVERY

Despite the fact that legal institutionalized slavery was abolished in many countries 150 years ago, modern slavery still exists.

• How does this depiction of modern slavery differ from your perception of what it looks like?
• If the topics of trafficking and modern slavery are not new to you, then how did your viewing of the film change your perceptions about trafficking and modern slavery?
• How did your understanding of how and why children are trafficked change?
• In what other contexts are you aware of trafficking and modern slavery happening in the world?

DISCUSSION PROMPT - RECOVERY

The social workers in the rehabilitation shelter go to great lengths to support the children psychologically and emotionally to facilitate their healing and education.

• The film opens with Edem recounting his story of trafficking while looking directly into the camera. How did this scene strike you?
  • When you meet Edem in the therapy room at the shelter a bit later, does he seem like the same boy who opened the film? Why or why not?
• What was the significance of Edem’s trip to the seashore in terms of his healing process?

DISCUSSION PROMPT - REUNIFICATION

The trafficked children in this film are reunited with their families.

• Why do you think the children are sent home?
• What do you think is the advantage of children being reunited with their community?
• How do you feel about Peter and Edem being sent home?
• Did the children’s reunions with their mothers match your expectations? Why or why not?

DISCUSSION PROMPT - EDUCATION

The social workers in this film emphasize the importance of education in these children’s lives.

• How do you think education fits into the solution path for ending modern slavery?
• Do you think education is enough to end modern slavery? In what ways yes? In what ways no?
• Do any other structural barriers exist that intersect this issues of modern slavery and education? Do these barriers make education a less probable, or more probable, solution?
• What other solutions do you think exist?

DISCUSSION PROMPT - FRIENDSHIP

The stories of Peter, Edem, and Teye were centered around their friendships on the lake.

• What role did these relationships play in the boys’ abilities to sustain, and ultimately, survive life on Lake Volta?
• What similarities do you see in the friendship bonds between Peter &Teye and Edem & Steven (whom we never meet)?
• Why do you think these bonds of friendship were so important to the children?