Thursday, October 17

POSITIONS

Justin Ducharme / Canada / 2018

12min

A simple and naturalistic approach to a day in the life of a two-spirit, male sex worker as he visits his clients.

SUGAR

Alyssa Brayboy / USA / 2023

5.55min

In this scene, we follow Banner on his search for a sex worker. He stumbles across Alora, who is usually up for anything, but she quickly learns Banner isn’t a typical client. Alyssa Brayboy is the Co-Founder and President of Buttons, a Black and Latina female-owned production company that focuses on amplifying underrepresented and diverse voices in front of, and behind the camera. Alyssa has been an independent full service escort for 6 years and is a member of Sex Workers Outreach Project Los Angeles (SWOPLA).

PRIVATE CHAT

Joe Bowden / Canada / 2020

12min

In an attempt to up her game, a young woman purchases some one-on-one time with a webcam model. When she decides to reveal her true identity, the two of them have a conversation about intimacy, desire, and which angles best showcase your ass. Private Chat is a scintillating window into the voyeuristic world of cam modeling, challenging the preconceived notions and stigma around sex work.

THRIVING: A DISSOCIATED REVERIE

Nicole Bazuin – Featuring: Kitoko Mai / 2023

10min

Thriving: A Dissociated Reverie is a surrealist exploration of dissociative identity disorder (DID) based on the lived experience of Black, non-binary, disabled emerging multidisciplinary performance artist and former sex worker Kitoko Mai. Grappling with their DID diagnosis while attempting to survive capitalism, we meet a range of “alters” (alternate personalities) representing the various emotional states of Mai, the “system host.”

READY

Vincent Wechselberger / Germany

10.25min

Getting ready for a client. Part of a photo series from the artist Vincent Wechselberger, Ready is a compilation of shots of sex workers around the world, in their room, during this instant for of ritual and concentration that one’s can have before client’s arrival.

IRRESISTIBLE

Barbora Kleinhamplová & Miss Velvet / Mexico / 2021

20min

Relationships in BDSM are centered around the issue of consent. The dominant and the submissive both have to agree beforehand on what their roles are going to entail. In role play, the actors follow a specific scenario based on the fantasies they wish to fulfill. Together they work to bring their yearnings to life, although there’s also another, lingering question: do these short-lived escapes from everyday reality have an impact on the actors’ actions after the role play ends? Can the play influence how the „slaves“ approach women and members of minorities afterwards in their daily lives? The story of Mistress Velvet introduces us to BDSM as a sphere of subversion through which an individual can bring about a broader societal change.

HIMNO DE LAS PUTAS (cancion de la pelicula REVOLUCION PUTA)

Maria Galindo & Kumbia Queer / Bolivia

4.10min

From the documentary Revolucion Puta by Maria Galindo, the result of 20 years of struggle with sex workers in Bolivia on self-managed sex work, without bosses or pimps.The lyrics of this song were created by more than 60 sex workers in an afternoon of collective work. All of them belong to the organization OMESPRO (ORGANIZACION DE MUJERES EN SITUACION DE PROSTITUCION), a self-managed organization. With these lyrics the Kumbia Queer composed the song.