'It's okay to speak about it': Actress Frida Farrell channels her own harrowing sex trafficking experience into empowering film
Years before the #MeToo movement even reached its peak, actress Frida Farrell decided to tell her tale of torment to the whole world through a film — written, starred and produced by her. Farrell — as a 22-year-old young actor and model — was held against her will in an apartment in London and was sold as a sex slave to many men, who routinely raped her for three days, before she found a chance to break free.
Now, 16 years after living the horrific nightmare, she is ready to introduce her award-winning film to the world, not as a product of terror, but as a medium of inspiration for others to speak out about their trauma. "It happened, it's not your fault and it's okay to speak about it. That's the first step in healing," the actress told Meaww, referring to how her film, 'Apartment 407' — previously released as 'Selling Isobel' — resonates with the #MeToo era. "I didn’t talk about it (her kidnapping) for ten years because I was too embarrassed. I was too scared. I thought people are going to judge me, they are going to pity me, and I don’t want that. Because I’m not a victim – I’m a survivor."
