7 April 2011

Beware of THE CANDY SHOP - A creepy short with a powerful message

Watch this creepy short starring Doug Jones of Pan's Labyrinth/Hellboy fame as the Willy Wonka crossed with Chitty Chitty Bang Bangs Child catcher scary shop owner in CANDY SHOP. The 30 minute movie does have an important powerful message, highlighting the Atlanta's Child sex trafficking problem and when you talk about childsex trafficking you automatically think a third world country or one renowned for sex tourists like Thailand but not the biggest so called western society in the world USA, its sad affair.
The movie has been created in association with American charity Streetgrace who support the children caught in prostitution and poverty and you can support them here Streetgrace.org

Jimmy Balcom’s new job selling newspapers is a God-send to a kid working hard to help his family survive during the depression. But then Jimmy figures out what’s happening in the candy shop across the street. And he is confronted with a choice that no twelve-year-old should ever have to face. Giving his family a better life, or keeping his soul.


The Candy Shop from Whitestone Motion Pictures on Vimeo.
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