Film

Trenton: To The Moon & Back

2023 · 18m

In 2017, Brian Auga (20) was recruited in the Solomon Islands for the International Leadership Training Program. Both he and his brother, Moses, were promised college scholarships and flown to the US. Over the next two years, the brothers and at least 25 indigenous teens/YA’s were trafficked in vans across state lines, soliciting money. Enduring inhumane living conditions, the boys were indoctrinated into the Unification Church – colloquially known as the “Moonies”. Only through COVID-19 did the boys dramatically escape the trafficking group. Finding refuge in a rural town in Trenton, Georgia, the pair remained in hiding until 2022, impacting the deeply conservative community there, forever.

• Josh LeongWriter · Producer · Director · Editor
• Sam GollobProducer
• Will NelsonExecutive Producer · Producer
• Sofia BaraProducer
• Sundeep SanghaviExecutive Producer
• Stan PeDirector of Photography

Release date

May 12, 2023

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

18m