Trenton: To The Moon & Back (2023) [N/A]

Release Date:
May 12, 2023

Original Title:
Trenton: To The Moon & Back

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 18

In 2017, Brian Auga (20) was recruited in the Solomon Islands for the International Leadership Training Program. Both he and his brother, Moses, were promised college scholarships and flown to the US. Over the next two years, the brothers and at least 25 indigenous teens/YA’s were trafficked in vans across state lines, soliciting money. Enduring inhumane living conditions, the boys were indoctrinated into the Unification Church – colloquially known as the “Moonies”. Only through COVID-19 did the boys dramatically escape the trafficking group. Finding refuge in a rural town in Trenton, Georgia, the pair remained in hiding until 2022, impacting the deeply conservative community there, forever.

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Director:
Josh Leong

Director of Photography:
Stan Pe

Editor:
Josh Leong

Executive Producer:
Sundeep Sanghavi
Will Nelson

Producer:
Josh Leong
Sam Gollob
Sofia Bara
Will Nelson

Sound Designer:
Vinny Alfano

Writer:
Josh Leong

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