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Showing 1 - 10 of 17 titles with a criteria of Subject is Sex Work Sector


The Apology

Former 'Comfort Women' who were forced to serve Japanese troops during World War II tell their harrowing stories.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 104 minutes

Delphine's Prayers

A portait of Delphine, a Cameroonian woman who turned to prostitution to support her family.

Icarus Films | 2021 | 91 minutes

Dreamcatcher

Sundance award winner DREAMCATCHER takes us into a hidden world of prostitution and sexual trafficking, laying bare the hidden violence that devastates the lives of the young women involved.

Women Make Movies | 2015 | 98 minutes

Fly in Power

FLY IN POWER follows the community of Asian and migrant massage parlour workers, sex workers and allies in Red Canary Song – highlighting their practices of care, survival, and community amidst their fight against the incarceration and trafficking systems

GOOD DOCS | 2023 | 78 minutes

Karayuki-San, The Making of a Prostitute

Frank and harrowing testimony of the horrific sexual slavery and wartime experiences of the Karayuki-San, Japanese girls and women were trafficked out of Japan as indentured prostitutes.

Icarus Films | 1975 | 75 minutes

A Kiss on the Mouth

From the Lilith Video Collective comes this sensitive and sympathetic examination of female prostitution in urban Brazil.

Women Make Movies | 1987 | 30 minutes

The Long Night

Set in Seattle, The Long Night gives voice and meaning to the crisis of minors who are forced and coerced into the American sex trade. The film weaves together the stories of seven people whose lives have been forever changed by this issue.

MediaStorm | 2014 | 70 minutes

Modern Slavery, Ep. 3

The Gutu sisters thought they were going to work with old people, but instead they were forced into prostitution in Turkey.

First Hand Films | 2009 | 45 minutes

North-South.com

In West Africa many young women, who dream of escaping a life of misery by marrying a rich, white foreigner, surf the Internet for marriage proposals.

Icarus Films | 2007 | 53 minutes

Performing the Border

A video essay set in the Mexican-U.S. border town of Ciudad Juarez, where U.S. multinational corporations assemble electronic and digital equipment just across from El Paso, Texas.

Women Make Movies | 1999 | 42 minutes