Suffolk DA, Boston Police, Children’s Advocacy Center partner to host documentary film “Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic” at Strand Theatre Tuesday

BOSTON, September 26, 2022 — Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office is joining with Boston Police and the Children’s Advocacy Center of Suffolk County to sponsor a screening Tuesday night of the documentary film Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic at 6 pm at the Strand Theatre in Boston.  The public is invited.  The filmmakers and subject experts will participate in a panel, moderated by WHDH-TV reporter Victoria Price, after the screening.

Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic is an investigation into the world of online grooming and sextortion--a present-day reality for one in seven children online. By unsealing the federal case of a top-gun pilot with hundreds of victims, and interviewing survivors and their parents, this true-crime piece exposes an often-overlooked crime against children, the tactics of online predators, and the voices of parents and law enforcement poised to stop online child exploitation in its tracks. 

Attendees are asked to arrive at the Strand at 5:30. The film will begin at 6 pm.

Where to RSVP for this screening: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/keeping-our-kids-safe-online-a-documentary-screening-tickets-399574306507

What: An Auroris Media film in partnership with Spotlight Docs Presents, in Partnership with the Boston PD, Crimes Against Children Unit | Family Justice Division, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, and the Children’s Advocacy Center of Suffolk County, an In-Person Educational Theatrical Screening of the Powerful Documentary “Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic”

 When: Tuesday, September 275h, 2022

 Media/Guest Check-in: 5:30pm

 Location: Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Boston

About the Spotlight Docs Series: Keeping Our Kids Safe Online is an Impact Screening Series presented by Spotlight Docs. After its world premiere at the 2022 Santa Barbara Film Festival, the film will be traveling with an expert panel to educate parents and teens ahead of the films global TVOD/Digital release on October 4th, 2022. To learn more visit: www.sextortionfilm.com

Film Press Contact: Annie Jeeves/Cinematic Red PR (Annie@CinematicRedPR.com & Cell: 310-995-3834)

James Borghesani, Chief of Communications