'Sold', a Gillian Anderson-David Arquette starrer movie about child trafficking in India, will open the 12th Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA).
Directed by Jeffrey D Brown and executive produced by Oscar-winner Emma Thompson, the film also stars Seema Biswas.
The festival, widely recognized as the premiere showcase of groundbreaking Indian cinema, will run from April 8 to 13 at ArcLight Hollywood in Los Angeles, a release said.
'Sold' illustrates the brutality of child trafficking, a crime experienced by millions of girls every year around the globe.
"Because of Sold's marvelous script and courageous and brilliant cast it is a story that we can all watch - so that we may understand the processes of slavery in modern India and feel able to act without feeling the kind of rage and hopelessness that gets in the way of doing anything," Thompson said in a statement.
Jasmine Jaisinghani has been appointed as the festival's first-ever artistic director.
