Today I was finishing up grading a giant stack of things and listening to NPR. I love to listen to NPR Music at work because most of the concerts that you can stream are between half an hour and an hour. It's the perfect amount of time and they've got a lot of great groups to pick from. I don't have to think much about it and I never get sick of it because when I'm getting close, I just pick a new group to listen to.

Well it turns out that NPR can read my mind because they recommended that I listen to a <a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/06/23/137372838/human-trafficking-the-terrible-price-of-sex" target="_blank">15 minute clip on a new documentary called "The Price of Sex."</a> In the first 30 seconds of the clip I was convinced that the woman who made the film must be Bulgarian. I made this decision based solely on her name, Mimi Chakarova, and the content of the film--human trafficking in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall. A minute later my hunch was confirmed.

She's Bulgarian.

At this point, I was hooked.

The conversation/interview is great--heartbreaking but great. It really made me want to watch Mimi Chakarova's documentary. So I did the next best thing. I've googled her and obsessively watched the <a href="http://priceofsex.org/content/previous-projects" target="_blank">three other projects she has posted on her website</a>.  Needless to say this has made it hard for me to actually write about her project, films and photos given the fact that I'd rather be checking those out than actually writing.

Here's what I've got to say: Mimi Chakarova is doing really amazing work. She tells an incredible story--one that is well paced with a clear narrative. She's made this issue of human trafficking which I know something about (admittedly not much but something about) incredibly real to me.  (I think that's what good story tellers are supposed to do.)

Now I want do three things: 1. watch her documentary, 2. meet Mimi and 3. learn more about human trafficking in Bulgaria.

Yep, I got all of this from a 15 minute NPR interview--which you really should listen to--and three short film projects on her website.