Sex slave film enjoys sudden success

Sex slave film enjoys sudden success

Just days ago it was only going to have a 10-day release at an independent cinema in Melbourne.

Now The Jammed,
a new feature film about the sex slave trade in Melbourne, is on the
brink of becoming one of the biggest Australian movies of 2007.

Writer and director Dee McLachlan says the film's fortune changed when the hosts of ABC TV's At The Movies, Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton, both gave it a four-star rating. A rave review appeared in The Age the next day.

McLachlan's
phone has been ringing non-stop ever since. She says distributors that
originally rejected the film are now eager to screen it.