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, The
fictional Bethany
Stevenson is iconic
as 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
bondage 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
lose 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
and courage to make
a new life for
herself and in the
process publicly
exposes the
dehumanization of
the sex trade in her
city. In the end,
the Reporter, Abbey
Fisher is the one
who finds true
redemption as she
reaches outside
herself to help
another.
