Starting today, the documentary “Very Young Girls” will be airing on Showtime until 4/17. From the GEMS website (an amazing organization in NYC serving girls and young women who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking):

“Very Young Girls” is an expose of human trafficking that follows thirteen and fourteen year old American girls as they are seduced, abused, and sold on New York’s streets by pimps, and treated as adult criminals by police. The film follows the barely-adolescent girls in real time, using vérité and intimate interviews with them as they are first lured on to the streets and the dire events which follow. The film also uses startling footage shot by the brazen pimps themselves giving a rare glimpse into how the cycle of street life begins for many women.

Check out the trailer below. Thanks to Sadye’s Twitter feed for the tip.