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Welcome to A Dance For Bethany - the Movie page
This screenplay was given by Inspiration and little did we know
of the scope nor how contemporary this issue was initially. This
is a story that wanted to be told: Now!
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| WINNER: Redemptive Storyteller Award |
Redemptive Film Festival |
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Running Time: |
104 minutes |
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Genre: |
Drama, Romance |
| Similar to:
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Erin Brockivich meets Antwone Fisher |
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Director: |
Brian Gurley |
| Story & Screenplay: |
Yvonne G. Williams |
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Producers: |
Marion D. Williams |
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Co-Producer |
Lee Nesbit |
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Executive Producer: |
Marion D. Williams |
"On
a completely unrelated note, the script is breathtaking. I thought
I'd read somewhere that this is your first screenplay. Can that be
true? It's spellbinding; I usually get very bored reading scripts,
but it held my attention the whole way through. The action is
spread masterfully between the different characters."
Elisabeth Gray - Actress |
“Human trafficking is a multibillion-dollar growth industry because,
unlike drugs, which are gone as soon as they are used, humans can be
recycled. Because they can continue to be exploited, they're a better
investment for the traffickers.”
...Terry Coonan, Executive Director of the Center for the
Advancement of Human Rights at Florida State University
This story could have been ripped
from the Headlines.
Click here to read the transcript from the Anderson Cooper Report
on CNN News January 24, 2007. The next week ABC News ran a similar
story. And Fox ran one last year. Investigative Reporter
Michele Gillen has been reporting on this issue for the past
several years.
Click here to view her on Oprah Show. Yes, this is happening in
America today! The story actually came from Inspiration and we
located all the information and facts about it later.
Yvonne had completely written the script for A Dance For Bethany and
was in L.A. at the Screenwriters Expo when she turned on the
television news one evening and saw Michele Gillen and
Terry Coonan sharing this information. She then contacted both
Mr. Coonan and Ms. Gillen and learned of the tragic scope of this now
American issue that had been mostly found in third world countries
until the past few years. Yvonne was astounded at how contemporary
and real this problem was that she had been Inspired to tackle as the
subject of her first screenplay. She was able to speak with Ms.
Gillen at length and consult with Mr. Coonan to verify the facts of
what she had written and make a few tweaks for accuracy.
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SUMMARY of the Movie:
A DANCE FOR BETHANY tells an
inspiring and compelling story of how one woman risks everything
to help a sex trafficked victim out of the world of slavery and
into a world with a future and a hope of fulfilling a childhood
dream of becoming a real dancer. The fictional story based on the
reality of the sex trafficking market in today’s US, Bethany
Stevenson portrays a 12 year old runaway forced into sex slavery
as a stripper/prostitute. The film chronicles the struggle of
reporter Abbey Fisher to free her own self from the slavery of a
politically correct and comfortable lifestyle into her passion.
After meeting and befriending young Bethany, Abbey immediately
meets opposition from local club owners who don’t want to loose
one of their prime moneymakers. Abbey is quickly challenged when
she learns that she is caught in a tightly woven web of politics,
morals and crime and becomes a problem to those who want to profit
from sexually exploiting young women. She takes on her husband and
his colleague, Senator George Abbot and their attempt at creating
legislation that inadvertently profits by the retailing of sex in
the US thereby legitimizing it. With the help of Sarah, Abbey's
best friend and Co-worker and Eric Vandevere, local dance
instructor, Bethany receives support to use her own courage to
make a new life for herself and in the process publicly exposes
the dehumanization of the sex trade. In the end, that everything
is not as it seems and may just be upside down and backwards is a
lesson Abbey learns through her trek.
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In
the end, there is no private good.
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Asheville, NC offers very diverse
and cinematic locations that add production value to any film
and certainly has to ours. We have been able to capture a big
budget look and feel to this film using actual Asheville
locations and with the help of our very talented Production
Design team headed up by Gayle Wurthner.
In difficult times, historically family entertainment wins out.
Even though family films return high profits to the studios,
they haven't gotten it yet and only release a small number in
this genre and mostly animation in recent years. The time is
right to produce cost-effective films on smaller budgets that
effectively show higher returns.
Family genre films have become more profitable in foreign sales
markets in the past few years. The foreign market now
represents twice the revenue of all domestic markets according
to numerous sources.
We believe movies can affect
behavior and attitudes of their viewers, stimulate the
fulfillment of dreams and provide an increased sense of living.
We believe that good stories rooted in timeless values such as
family, community, integrity, love, compassion, and personal
growth have always had universal appeal. In fact, one might even
argue that in times of political and economic uncertainty, good
stories, like a good physician, have the power to heal
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24-hr Trafficking
Emergency Hotline
(619) 666-2757
The BSCC Trafficking Hotline is a direct link to the BSCC Trafficking
Emergency Response Team.
The Trafficking Hotline is bilingual and available 24 hours a day and
7 days a week to assist victims, service providers, and law
enforcement.
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BSCC's purpose is to bilaterally prevent and
intervene in the commercial and sexual exploitation of men, women and
children while advocating for all exploited persons.
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Psalm 8:3-5
I often think of the heavens your hands have made, and of the
moon and stars you put in place.
Then I ask, "Why do you care about us humans? Why are you
concerned for us weaklings?"
You made us a little lower than you yourself, and you have
crowned us with glory and honor.
And we ARE worth more !
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