This short documentary special confronts the harsh realities faced by runaway teens, the indifference of institutions who are supposed to care for these young, lost girls, and the brutal world of violent pimps and predators. Centered on the tragic true story of Tina, a 15-year-old girl murdered. the film explores how vulnerable youth are lured into prostitution and then discarded by the very systems meant to protect them.
Tina Sanchez ran away from home at just 11 years old, escaping an abusive or unstable environment only to fall into the hands of manipulative pimps and street predators At 13. Promised love, freedom, or safety, she instead found exploitation, drug dependency, and relentless violence. Her short life—captured through haunting still photographs and somber narration—unfolds as a warning and a memorial. Alongside Tina’s story, we are also introduced to Tammy, and many other runaway girls who suffered a similar fate, showing that Tina’s death was not an isolated tragedy, but part of a wider, ignored epidemic.
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