Gillian Anderson is best know for her role as FBI special agent Dana Scully in hit show The X-Files, but now she is bringing her star power to an important issue with her newest film, Sold.

Based on a true story, Sold tells the intense, emotional story of one 13-year-old girl’s quest for freedom after finding herself a victim of human trafficking between Nepal and India.

Anderson plays a U.S. photographer named Sophia who tries to rescue the girls imprisoned, together with NGO workers like Sam, played by David Arquette.

Ahead of the movie’s release, the United Nations brought together Anderson and a special panel of distinguished writers, artists and activists- to discuss the role that the arts can play in the fight against child trafficking and prostitution.

Sold was directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Jeffrey Dean Brown, executive produced by Oscar winner Emma Thompson, and produced by Jane Charles.