Selling the Girl Next Door

“Selling the Girl Next Door” delves into the harrowing reality faced by young American girls who become entangled in the brutal sex industry. Each year, countless girls under 18 are drawn into prostitution, as reported by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Many of these girls are runaways or those abandoned by society, coerced into the sex trade by pimps who exploit contemporary marketing strategies, such as advertising on the online platform Backpage.com.