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Feature Film | NR | 97 min
World Premiere
San Jose, California

She risked everything for freedom.

Executive produced by Emma Thompson, and with supporting performances by Gillian Anderson and David Arquette, director Jeffrey Brown�s adaptation of Patricia McCormick�s National Book Award nominee is a powerful and haunting depiction of the horror faced by millions and the resilience of the human spirit.

Twelve-year-old Lakshmi lives in her village in the Himalayas. Although her family is poor, Lakshmi�s joy is infectious. When a monsoon destroys her family�s rice paddy, Lakshmi�s stepfather negotiates a deal to have her work in the city as a domestic servant.

Filled with hope and pride for the opportunity to help her family, Lakshmi travels to India, where she learns the unthinkable: she�s been sold into prostitution. Living a nightmare, Lakshmi must summon her courage and strength to endure cruelty and find her way out and back to her life.

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'The X-Files' star Gillian Anderson to pen sci-fi book series for new Simon & Schuster imprint -- EXCLUSIVE

By Jeff Jensen
EW.com
Jan 14, 2014

Gillian Anderson is returning to the genre that made her a cultural icon � but it�s not on television. The newest project from the star of The X-Files is a book franchise called the EarthEnd Saga, a collaboration with co-writer Jeff Rovin, a prolific geek whose extensive bibliography includes works in the best-selling Tom Clancy�s Op-Center series. The first novel, entitled A Vision of Fire, will be published in October by Simon & Schuster through a new imprint devoted to literary and speculative fiction across all genres called Simon451, a nod to legendary author Ray Bradbury�s dystopian/sci-fi classic Fahrenheit 451.

�It�s been a fantastic experience,� Anderson tells EW, adding that she was inspired to give sci-fi world-building and storytelling a shot at the encouragement of Rovin, a friend of a friend. �I enjoy writing, but don�t usually allow myself the time, and I don�t think I�d ever think to write something in this genre without the prodding of someone like Jeff. But I realized I had ideas hidden within me for a series and a lead character, in this case, a heroine.� Referring to The X-Files, she says: �After nine years of living in a semi-science-fictional universe, I think I now have an ingrained knowledge and rhythm for it.�

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