A Short Film About Guns

The Global Illegal Arms Trade

This documentary examines the illegal arms trade and how it functions across the globe. Featuring four experts on arms trafficking who recount their first hand experiences with the black market in areas of conflict and how the illegal flow of weapons facilitates loss of life and devastation. This short film was produced in 2013 to shed some light on an industry that generates over $60 billion annually at a time when the Arms Trade Treaty was being negotiated at the United Nations (from March 18th to 28th 2013). The four experts featured in the film call on governments to agree on this legally binding arms treaty. Greek-Cypriot Director Minos Papas partnered with the Control Arms coalition, which includes aid agency Oxfam, to produce the film. The film was shot in London, New York and Seattle.