The film, Joy, follows the difficult life of a young Nigerian woman who works on the street to pay off her debt and support her family back home. Thousands of women have been lured from impoverished lives in southern Nigeria to Europe with the promise of lucrative work, most of whom ending up selling sex.
A still from the film "Joy" which follows Nigerian women trafficked to sell sex in Europe.
Joy earns money through sex work, trying to pay off her 'madam' to earn her freedom. Joy has almost paid her off when she is asked to supervise Precious, a much younger new recruit who is causing trouble.
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