I Am Jane Doe

I am Jane Doe is a documentary detailing the lawsuits several American mothers lodged against Backpage.com, the classified advertising website formerly owned by the Village Voice that had trafficked the women's middle-school daughters for commercial sex.

The film opened on February 10, 2017, in select theaters in New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Boston, and Philadelphia.

[1] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 69 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews".

Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post wrote,"In 'I Am Jane Doe,' filmmaker Mary Mazzio reveals the sordid world of underage sex trafficking, specifically as it pertains to young women who were forced into prostitution, their ‘services’ made available on the online classified site Backpage.com…I am observing the self-evident fact that film has exceptional — maybe even unique — power to shape and inform our norms, expectations and desires.

That might be the chief reason it matters so much who makes them... A viscerally emotional case for a common-sense reassessment of the law…’I Am Jane Doe’ offers a gut-wrenching reminder that there are certain rocks we ignore at our peril.”[3]Katie Walsh of the Los Angeles Times said I am Jane Doe “a powerful call to action.”[4] The film was also highlighted in The New Yorker,[5] Film Journal International,[6] Elle,[7] Vogue,[8] People,[9][10][11] and on the NBC Nightly News.