North Dakota
‘Horrifying’ human trafficking story becomes full-length movie filmed in North Dakota
BISMARCK — Ejaz Khan was in the middle of filming a movie about horses in Linton, North Dakota, when he waltzed into a gas station for coffee.
Standing behind him with no shoes on — in the dead of winter — was a young woman who he later learned was a survivor of child sex trafficking. While also battling addiction, she was still shackled to the industry as a sex worker.
That was over four years ago. The New Yorker was still completing
“Before They Vanish”
— released in 2022 — when he became friendly with the woman after buying her food.
Upon hearing the shoeless woman’s “horrifying” life story, Khan’s focus whipped from horses to victims and survivors of child sex trafficking.
“After that, I just was devastated. I went back home, spoke to my wife and said, ‘Here we are creating this film on horses and donating proceeds,’ ” he recounted. “But yet, look at this human. Look at what her family members have done to her.’”
The moment was the inspiration for “Trapped,” which follows the story of a young girl who is being sex trafficked by her mother’s boyfriend.
Contributed / Ejaz Khan Cinema
Filmed
entirely in subzero Linton,
Khan said the plot was inspired by the woman he met at the gas station.
Sex trafficking is a form of human trafficking.
According to the North Dakota
Human Trafficking Guide,
the term is used to describe the process of recruiting, harboring, transporting and/or soliciting a person to perform forced, coerced sex acts for money. Victims and survivors can be of any age but are often people who were minors at the time of the crime.
Statewide data from North Dakota’s annual
Human Trafficking Report
documents 102 sex trafficking victims and just two arrests made in 2023.
Nearly one in four of those women trafficked identified as American Indian or Alaska Native, according to the report.
Khan told Forum News Service that the movie doesn’t specifically point to the disproportionate effects sex trafficking has on Native American communities since it follows the story of the woman he met in Linton, who he said didn’t identify as Native American.
However, the director said Native American women still inspire aspects of the movie, having made up a notable portion of the more than 80 survivors with whom he spoke throughout the production process.
Contributed / Ejaz Khan Cinema
A screening of the movie will take place Wednesday, Nov. 13, at the Grand 22 Theater in Bismarck. Lt. Gov.-elect Michelle Strinden is set to attend as an audience member along with Attorney General Drew Wrigley, who is currently on the list as a “maybe.”
Audience members are by invitation only, including people who belong to related organizations in addition to community leaders.
There will also be representatives from the 31:8 Project,
a resource based in Bismarck
for survivors of human and sex trafficking. Khan worked with the organization while filming the movie.
“Trapped” will be officially released on Jan. 31, 2025, during Human Trafficking Prevention Month. It will be available on Amazon, Google Play and iTunes.
Though the movie is not yet rated, Khan said the crew has worked “very hard” to bring down its rating to PG so that all audiences can learn from its subject material.
“As a director, I’m saying that it’s going to be very uncomfortable. But just imagine what an hour and a half can do. Put yourself in that hour and a half-hour, 40 minutes, of discomfort to help your own children. That’s all I’m asking for,” Khan said.
“Don’t sweep it under the rug,” he said. “We have to face it. Period.”
JAMESTOWN, N.D. — The No. 2 seed Thompson Tommies survived an upset scare by defeating the No. 7 seed Rugby Panthers 39-36 on Thursday, March 5, in the quarterfinals of the North Dakota Division A girls basketball state tournament at the Jamestown Civic Center.
With 16 seconds left in the game and down 39-36, Panthers coach Jen Brossart drew up one final play in an attempt to send the game to overtime. Strong defense from the Tommies formed a cluster of players at the top of the arc, and as time expired, Panthers guard Avery Santjer put up a falling-away 3-point attempt that came up short, giving the quarterfinal victory to Thompson.
Addison Sage had 15 points to lead Thompson with Kya Hurst chipping in 11. Santjer led Rugby with 13.
Burchill’s double-double leads Valley City to win
Valley City junior forward Katie Burchill scored a 23-point double-double with 18 rebounds to lead the Hi-Liners to a 64-44 quarterfinal victory over Devils Lake on Thursday.
Valley City outscored Devils Lake 21-6 in the third quarter to take a commanding lead.
Presley Brown and Tylie Brodina each scored 12 for the Firebirds.
Burchill and sophomore forward Skye Nelson also recorded nine of Valley City’s 12 blocks.
John M. Steiner / The Jamestown Sun
South Prairie-Max runs past Watford City
South Prairie-Max scored a 50-point victory over Watford City, winning 75-25 on Thursday in the quarterfinals behind 19 points from Skotti Beck.
Mya Gunville added 12 points and Brianna Rose 11 for South Prairie-Max.
Lohgan Hanna led Watford City with nine points.
Trenbeath, Kindred squeak by Hazen
Liza Trenbeath’s 27 points paced No. 4 seed Kindred to a 56-54 win over No. 5 Hazen in Thursday’s quarterfinals.
Siera Nipstad chipped in 19 points and six rebounds as the Vikings (20-5) advanced to Friday’s state semifinals against top-seeded South Prairie-Max (24-1). Tipoff is set for 8:15 p.m. at the Jamestown Civic Center.
Kindred shot 22 of 51 (43.1%) from the field to Hazen’s 19 of 41 (46.3%)
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Greg Power, fisheries division chief with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, shares information about the new 2026-2028 Fishing Guide and a few new regulations starting April 1, 2026.
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SIOUX FALLS — Ali Stephens had 17 points and 13 rebounds and 8th-seeded Omaha defeated 9th-seeded North Dakota 49-39 in the first round of the Summit League women’s tournament.
The Fighting Hawks had a tough time putting the ball in the hoop all night long, scoring just three points in the first quarter and having only marginally better luck from there.
UND (7-24) shot just 23.5 percent from the floor (12-for-51) and made 1-of-20 shots from outside the arc. Walker Demers and Mackenzie Hughes had 10 points each to lead the Hawks, with Demers adding eight rebounds.
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Regan Juenemann had 10 points and five rebounds for the Mavericks while Avril Smith had seven points and 16 rebounds and Sarai Estupinan eight points, five assists and three rebounds. Omaha (6-26) shot the ball slightly better than the Hawks, going 16-of-53 from the field (30 percent) and 8-of-23 (35 percent) on 3-pointers.
With the win, the Mavs earn a date with top-seed North Dakota State on Thursday at 2:30 p.m.
The Bison won both regular season matchups by more than 50 points.
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Oral Roberts 84, Kansas City 62 — Don’t look now but the team that started the conference season 0-10 and at one point lost 15 of 16 games might be the hottest in the Summit League.
Oral Roberts picked up their fourth straight victory on Wednesday night in the conference tournament opener, routing Kansas City at the Premier Center in the 8/9 “play-in” game.
Ty Harper had 22 points to lead the Golden Eagles (10-22), who took a 44-21 lead by halftime and never looked back. ORU shot 50 percent from the floor and made 13-of-27 3-pointers while the Kangaroos shot just 34 percent and made 6-of-24 from deep. Martins Kilups had 17 points for the Eagles and Connor Dow added 14.
Jayson Petty had 14 points to lead the Kagaroos, who finish the season 4-27. It was their final game under coach Marvin Menzies, whom the school announced earlier this season would not return next year.
With the win ORU advances to face top-seed North Dakota State on Thursday at 6 p.m.
The Golden Eagles lost to NDSU 86-58 in Tulsa on Jan. 24 but they took the Bison to overtime in Fargo on Jan. 3 in a 79-77 loss.
Matt Zimmer is a Sioux Falls native and longtime sports writer. He graduated from Washington High School where he played football, legion baseball and developed his lifelong love of the Minnesota Twins and Vikings. After graduating from St. Cloud State University, he returned to Sioux Falls, and began a long career in amateur baseball and sports reporting. Email Matt at mzimmer@siouxfallslive.com.
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