Robert Bilheimer, President of Worldwide Documentaries, is a world-renown, Oscar nominated director of films that delve into the human tragedies of today’s global community. In 1989 his film, Cry of Reason, about South African anti-apartheid leader was nominated for an Academy Award. His 2003 feature-length film A Closer Walk focused on the global AIDs epidemic. He visited Farmworker Legal Services to interview FLSNY staff for his latest project on human trafficking and modern-day slavery. In his film, Not My Life, Slavery in our time, he takes us on a journey into the depravity of trafficking, its global roots, and its pervasiveness.

Global does not mean every place outside of the United States. Global does not mean New York State is exempt from trafficking. On the contrary, Mr. Bilheimer is here today because FLSNY daily reaches out to agricultural workers in New York State to investigate human trafficking.