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| Directed by | Megan Griffiths |
| Screenplay by | Richard B. Phillips Megan Griffiths |
| Story by | Richard B. Phillips Chong Kim |
| Produced by | Colin Harper Plank Jacob Mosler |
| Starring | Jamie Chung Matt O'Leary Beau Bridges |
| Cinematography | Sean Porter |
| Edited by | Eric Frith |
| Music by | Jeramy Koepping Joshua Morrison Matthew Brown |
Production company | Centripetal Films |
| Distributed by | Phase 4 Films Cinema Management Group (International Sales Agent) |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Eden (Abduction of Eden) is a 2012 American drama film about human trafficking. It was directed by Megan Griffiths, who co-wrote the screenplay with Richard B. Phillips and stars Jamie Chung, Matt O'Leary and Beau Bridges. The film was produced by Colin Harper Plank and Jacob Mosler through Plank's Centripetal Films production company. It was inspired by the story of Chong Kim, who claims that she was kidnapped and sold into a domestic human trafficking ring in the mid 1990s.[1][2][3] It had its world premiere at the 2012 South by Southwest Film Festival.[4]
In 2014, the non-profit organization Breaking Out claimed they had investigated Kim's story and concluded it was false and aimed to defraud charitable organizations.[5][6][7][8]
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- ^ Schmader, David (4 June 2014). "Chong Kim, the Woman Whose Allegedly True Story Served as the Basis for Megan Griffith's Film Eden, Denounced as a Fraud". The Stranger. Archived from the original on 29 August 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
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