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The Sex Worker Fest has screened over 300 movies since 1999 and videos are still being added to this archive. Our collection also includes sex worker videos we have not yet screened.
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DASPU – Putas Pret a Porter- English subtitles

DASPU – Putas Pret a Porter- English subtitles

history, Decriminalisation, Feature, Event Documentary, Web Source
1,229 views
Men of The Night, Uganda (Trailer)

Men of The Night, Uganda (Trailer)

Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Web Source
1,083 views
Sex(ual) Healing (Trailer)

Sex(ual) Healing (Trailer)

Documentary, Media Message, Trailer or Excerpt
1,116 views
Black Sex Worker Liberation March: Scenes from the Largest Protest for Sex Worker Rights in American History

Black Sex Worker Liberation March: Scenes from the Largest Protest for Sex Worker Rights in American History

Decriminalisation, Action Documentary, Interview Documentary, Web Source
1,227 views
Red Canary Song – Vigil for 8 Lives Lost in Atlanta

Red Canary Song – Vigil for 8 Lives Lost in Atlanta

Vigil-Memorial, Event Documentary, Web Source
1,162 views
Decriminalise Sex Work

Decriminalise Sex Work

Decriminalisation, Animation, Documentary, Media Message, Web Source, Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers
1,069 views
Meet Eve: $ex Worker Story-Telling Series: Episode 2

Meet Eve: $ex Worker Story-Telling Series: Episode 2

Interview Documentary, Web Source
1,391 views
Red Canary Song: Fly in Power

Red Canary Song: Fly in Power

Documentary, Web Source
1,320 views
‘Undeserving victims?’ – Webinar Launch of Report on Migrant Sex Workers Victim of Crime in Europe

‘Undeserving victims?’ – Webinar Launch of Report on Migrant Sex Workers Victim of Crime in Europe

ICRSE-International Committee of Sex Worker Rights in Europe, Panel-Webinar, Documentary, Panel, Web Source
1,130 views
Raising Red Umbrellas in Africa- African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA)

Raising Red Umbrellas in Africa- African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA)

Documentary, Web Source
1,181 views
Podcast Interview with Scarlot Harlot and Jelena Vermilion (Plus Sex Workers Take Back The Night Excerpts)

Podcast Interview with Scarlot Harlot and Jelena Vermilion (Plus Sex Workers Take Back The Night Excerpts)

Podcast, Interview Documentary, Web Source, Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot
1,156 views
Sticks and Stones; Bambi Lake (2015)

Sticks and Stones; Bambi Lake (2015)

Profile Documentary, Web Source
1,463 views
My Name Was January

My Name Was January

Profile Documentary, Screened 2019, CyberScreening2019
2,457 views
Negotiating Sex Workers’ Rights: March & Manifesto-Kolkata 1997

Negotiating Sex Workers’ Rights: March & Manifesto-Kolkata 1997

Documentary, Event Documentary, Screened 2003, Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot
1,295 views
Prostitutes Protection Act: Germany (on Sex Worker Rights Day)

Prostitutes Protection Act: Germany (on Sex Worker Rights Day)

Interview Documentary, Web Source
1,408 views
Our Bodies Our Business

Our Bodies Our Business

Action Documentary, Screened 2017, Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot
2,192 views
South Africa: Decriminalize Sex Work

South Africa: Decriminalize Sex Work

Documentary, Web Source
2,305 views
Death of a whore – Grisélidis Réal by Harmonia Carmona

Death of a whore – Grisélidis Réal by Harmonia Carmona

Language: Spanish, Profile Documentary, Screened 2009
1,278 views
LES PROSTITUEES DE LYON PARLENT

LES PROSTITUEES DE LYON PARLENT

Feature, Documentary, Event Documentary, Screened 2007
2,620 views
NO HUMAN INVOLVED Trailer –  DVD Launch

NO HUMAN INVOLVED Trailer – DVD Launch

Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 2019
2,016 views
Sex Worker Art, prepared for 2004 Ziteng Sex Worker Conference, Hong Kong

Sex Worker Art, prepared for 2004 Ziteng Sex Worker Conference, Hong Kong

Documentary, Graphic presentation, Web Source, Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot
1,373 views
Remember the Living: Monica Forrester on Sisters in Spirit and Indigenous Sex Workers

Remember the Living: Monica Forrester on Sisters in Spirit and Indigenous Sex Workers

Profile Documentary, Screened 2013
2,057 views
La Puta Dignidad

La Puta Dignidad

Documentary, Web Source
3,159 views
Laure McElroy: Images, Poems and Passions

Laure McElroy: Images, Poems and Passions

Profile Documentary, Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot
3,689 views
Traumboy by Daniel Hellman

Traumboy by Daniel Hellman

Performance Documentary, Web Source
3,120 views
AI Turkey – What is your occupation?

AI Turkey – What is your occupation?

Interview Documentary, Web Source
4,681 views
The Politics of Sex: Love Me Want Me Rent Me

The Politics of Sex: Love Me Want Me Rent Me

Profile Documentary, Web Source
6,161 views
Sex in Strange Places – Turkey (ISIS – Sex Workers) w/ Stacey Dooley

Sex in Strange Places – Turkey (ISIS – Sex Workers) w/ Stacey Dooley

Documentary, Web Source
5,276 views
MAJOR! official trailer

MAJOR! official trailer

Profile Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Web Source
4,952 views
Street Sex by Carol Jacobsen

Street Sex by Carol Jacobsen

Interview Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 1999
1,519 views
Tenofivir Trial in Cambodia (sex workers resist) APNSW, WNU NSWP

Tenofivir Trial in Cambodia (sex workers resist) APNSW, WNU NSWP

Documentary, Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers
4,699 views
The High Cost of Cheap Clothes (Vice News)

The High Cost of Cheap Clothes (Vice News)

Documentary, Screened 2015
4,623 views
Sex Workers in Europe, ICRSE Conference- 2005 Brussels

Sex Workers in Europe, ICRSE Conference- 2005 Brussels

Event Documentary, Screened 2007, Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot
4,505 views
La Revolte des Prostituees / The Prostitutes Revolt

La Revolte des Prostituees / The Prostitutes Revolt

Experimental, Documentary, Radio-Audio, Web Source
4,871 views
“I Deserve to be Safe” by Daisy Anarchy

“I Deserve to be Safe” by Daisy Anarchy

Performance Documentary, Web Source
3,303 views
Human Rights for Sex Workers from Amnesty International

Human Rights for Sex Workers from Amnesty International

Documentary, Media Message, Web Source
4,658 views
Soho Trot

Soho Trot

Documentary, Web Source, Health Rights Video Library
4,763 views
The Whore Stigma with Margo St. James and Gail Pheterson

The Whore Stigma with Margo St. James and Gail Pheterson

Documentary, Media Message, Trailer or Excerpt, Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot
4,970 views
Brigada Callejera de Apoyo a la Mujer “Elisa Martínez”, AC

Brigada Callejera de Apoyo a la Mujer “Elisa Martínez”, AC

Profile Documentary, Web Source
4,740 views
MWILI WANGU, CHAUO LANGU – My Body, My Choice

MWILI WANGU, CHAUO LANGU – My Body, My Choice

Documentary, Screened 2015
4,460 views
Becky’s Journey

Becky’s Journey

Documentary, Narrative, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 2015
5,332 views
Mistress May I?

Mistress May I?

Profile Documentary, Screened 2015
5,411 views
Born Into Porn

Born Into Porn

Feature, Interview Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Listing Only, Screened 2015
6,957 views
Save Us From Saviours

Save Us From Saviours

Documentary, Screened 2015
7,387 views
We Are Foot Soldiers

We Are Foot Soldiers

Documentary, Screened 2015
4,434 views
Doin’ It For Themselves (the Hunt Sisters)

Doin’ It For Themselves (the Hunt Sisters)

Experimental, Comedy, Documentary, Media Message, Screened 2015
4,494 views
Making Sex Work

Making Sex Work

Interview Documentary, Screened 2015
4,489 views
Community Voices: J’s Voice

Community Voices: J’s Voice

Profile Documentary, Screened 2015
4,171 views
New Jersey Sex Workers Speak Out

New Jersey Sex Workers Speak Out

Event Documentary, Screened 2015
4,197 views
Jasmine and Dora 4-Ever

Jasmine and Dora 4-Ever

Documentary, Profile Documentary, Screened 2015, Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot
4,868 views
The Malak

The Malak

Profile Documentary, Screened 2015
4,647 views
Sex workers are the solution, not the problem

Sex workers are the solution, not the problem

Documentary, Screened 2015, Sex Worker Open University
4,099 views
Decriminalisation of Sex Work in New Zealand

Decriminalisation of Sex Work in New Zealand

Documentary, Web Source, Open Society Foundations, Health Rights Video Library
4,291 views
The Street in Red

The Street in Red

Documentary, Screened 2015
4,141 views
Lovebirds

Lovebirds

Explicit, Documentary, Web Source
1,243 views
Pay It No Mind – The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson

Pay It No Mind – The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson

Feature, Documentary, Screened 2013
5,009 views
American Courtesans

American Courtesans

Interview Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2013
4,227 views
(Sex Workers Cry) Rights Not Rescue in Cambodia

(Sex Workers Cry) Rights Not Rescue in Cambodia

Documentary, Web Source
4,777 views
HOPS: Promoting Sex Worker Rights in Macedonia

HOPS: Promoting Sex Worker Rights in Macedonia

Documentary, Screened 2013
3,775 views
You Must Know About Me: Rights Not Violence for Sex Workers in Macedonia

You Must Know About Me: Rights Not Violence for Sex Workers in Macedonia

Documentary, Web Source, Health Rights Video Library
3,893 views
Sex Worker Violence Prevention

Sex Worker Violence Prevention

Interview Documentary, Web Source
3,571 views
Scarlet Road (trailer)

Scarlet Road (trailer)

Feature, Documentary, Screened 2013
5,872 views
Lot Lizard

Lot Lizard

Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Listing Only, Screened 2013
5,342 views
A Kiss for Gabriela (source interview)

A Kiss for Gabriela (source interview)

Profile Documentary, Screened 2013
3,980 views
Ticket to Paradise

Ticket to Paradise

Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2013
4,495 views
Nada

Nada

Profile Documentary, Screened 2013
7,782 views
Sex Work in The Netherlands – Licia Brussa

Sex Work in The Netherlands – Licia Brussa

Documentary, Web Source
3,634 views
WHORE LOGIC (Excerpt 5 mins)

WHORE LOGIC (Excerpt 5 mins)

Performance Documentary, Screened 2013, PJ Starr
3,969 views
Sex Worker Open University 2011

Sex Worker Open University 2011

Documentary, Screened 2013
4,082 views
Remember the Living: Monica Forrester on Sisters in Spirit and Indigenous Sex Workers

Remember the Living: Monica Forrester on Sisters in Spirit and Indigenous Sex Workers

Profile Documentary, Screened 2013
3,519 views
Global Sex Workers on the March!

Global Sex Workers on the March!

Documentary, Screened 2013, Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers
3,803 views
Advocating in Albany: No Condoms As Evidence

Advocating in Albany: No Condoms As Evidence

Action Documentary, Screened 2013
3,782 views
Sex Workers and Allies Protest Efforts to Shut Down Backpage

Sex Workers and Allies Protest Efforts to Shut Down Backpage

Event Documentary, PJ Starr
3,884 views
Sisonke marches against police brutality

Sisonke marches against police brutality

Action Documentary, Web Source
3,529 views
Former Sex Workers and Advocates Talk about Condom Use

Former Sex Workers and Advocates Talk about Condom Use

Documentary, Web Source
1,073 views
Protest for France Sex Workers

Protest for France Sex Workers

Documentary, Web Source
8,119 views
Caught Between the Tiger and the Crocodile: Trailer

Caught Between the Tiger and the Crocodile: Trailer

Documentary, Screened 2011, Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers
4,393 views
Sex, Drugs and Student Loans (trailer)

Sex, Drugs and Student Loans (trailer)

Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2011
4,215 views
Indian sex workers fight for their rights

Indian sex workers fight for their rights

Documentary, Web Source
8,281 views
Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism

Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism

Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 2011
6,856 views
You Must Know About Me: Rights Not Violence for Sex Workers in Macedonia

You Must Know About Me: Rights Not Violence for Sex Workers in Macedonia

Documentary, Screened 2011
3,555 views
Sex on Wheels

Sex on Wheels

Experimental, Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2013
4,233 views
Journey Women: Reflections on the Survival Sex Trade

Journey Women: Reflections on the Survival Sex Trade

Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2011
3,768 views
Every Ho I Know Says So

Every Ho I Know Says So

Documentary, Media Message, Screened 2011
3,771 views
Sex Workers World Cup

Sex Workers World Cup

Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2011
4,220 views
A Day in Her Life

A Day in Her Life

Experimental, Documentary, Narrative, Listing Only, Screened 2011
1,068 views
Cinema Of Desire

Cinema Of Desire

Profile Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 2009
4,273 views
Sex workers do harm reduction: II

Sex workers do harm reduction: II

Documentary, Screened 2009, PJ Starr
3,589 views
Interview: Laxsmi Tripathi, hijra & sex worker rights activist

Interview: Laxsmi Tripathi, hijra & sex worker rights activist

Interview Documentary, Web Source
19,281 views
Happy Endings

Happy Endings

Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 2009
5,305 views
Sadie Lune “I Want You” at  Museum of Modern Art

Sadie Lune “I Want You” at Museum of Modern Art

Comedy, Performance Documentary, Screened 2009, Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot
4,235 views
Turning A Corner (trailer)

Turning A Corner (trailer)

Documentary, Screened 2009
3,751 views
“En El Fuego” In The Fire (Excerpt)

“En El Fuego” In The Fire (Excerpt)

Documentary, Screened 2009
1,239 views
A Safer Sex Trade (trailer)

A Safer Sex Trade (trailer)

Documentary, Screened 2009
3,463 views
Beyond The Barbed Wire: Sex Workers In India Help Fight Sex Trafficking

Beyond The Barbed Wire: Sex Workers In India Help Fight Sex Trafficking

Documentary, Screened 2009
3,859 views
Caught between the tiger and the crocodile (full)

Caught between the tiger and the crocodile (full)

Documentary, Screened 2009, Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers
3,667 views
Zinda Lash

Zinda Lash

Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2009
5,435 views
The Making of Gigi (trailer)

The Making of Gigi (trailer)

Documentary, Screened 2007, PJ Starr
3,527 views
The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak  (10 min English excerpt)

The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak (10 min English excerpt)

Action Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Listing Only, Screened 2007
5,128 views
Legalization Sucks! Decriminalize Now (trailer)

Legalization Sucks! Decriminalize Now (trailer)

Documentary, Screened 2007
3,607 views
Measure Q: Sex Workers Outreach Project, A History

Measure Q: Sex Workers Outreach Project, A History

Documentary, Screened 2007
3,668 views
International Sex Workers Rights Day- The Origin

International Sex Workers Rights Day- The Origin

Action Documentary, Screened 2007
881 views
Otras Vias (Other Ways)

Otras Vias (Other Ways)

Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2007
4,181 views
Ni Coupables, Ni Victimes

Ni Coupables, Ni Victimes

Experimental, Documentary, Screened 2007
3,810 views
Taking the Pledge

Taking the Pledge

Documentary, Screened 2007
3,731 views
Prostitution Decriminalization in New Zealand by Robyn Few

Prostitution Decriminalization in New Zealand by Robyn Few

Documentary, Screened 2005
3,342 views
The Naked Feminist: A Documentary Film

The Naked Feminist: A Documentary Film

Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 2005
5,180 views
Tales of the Night Fairies

Tales of the Night Fairies

Documentary, Screened 2003
3,493 views
I Was a Teenage Prostitute

I Was a Teenage Prostitute

Profile Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2003
3,882 views
Trading Women

Trading Women

Feature, Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Web Source
4,266 views
Screaming Queens – The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria

Screaming Queens – The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria

Action Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 2001
4,498 views
For Love or Money

For Love or Money

Documentary, Profile Documentary, Screened 2001
4,660 views
Big Girls: Big Beautiful Women in the Adult Entertainment Industry

Big Girls: Big Beautiful Women in the Adult Entertainment Industry

Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2001
7,722 views
Whore on Whore (1995) by Victoria Schneider

Whore on Whore (1995) by Victoria Schneider

Profile Documentary, Screened 2001
4,230 views
A Gram O’ Pussy with Duran Ruiz

A Gram O’ Pussy with Duran Ruiz

Documentary, Profile Documentary, Screened 2001, Alexandra Juhasz
5,274 views
Amores de Rua (Street Lovers)

Amores de Rua (Street Lovers)

Documentary, Screened 2001
3,576 views
Blind Eye to Justice: HIV+ Women Incarcerated in California, narrated by Angela Davis

Blind Eye to Justice: HIV+ Women Incarcerated in California, narrated by Angela Davis

Documentary, Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot
3,288 views
Annie Sprinkle’s Herstory of Porn

Annie Sprinkle’s Herstory of Porn

Feature, Experimental, Comedy, Explicit-Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 1999, Annie Sprinkle, Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot
5,355 views
Sacrifice (trailer)

Sacrifice (trailer)

Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 1999
3,785 views
WADD – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN C. HOLMES

WADD – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN C. HOLMES

Profile Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 1999
1,319 views
The Fall of Communism as  seen in Gay Pornography

The Fall of Communism as seen in Gay Pornography

Experimental, Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 1999
4,916 views
The Salt Mines (clip)

The Salt Mines (clip)

Documentary, Screened 1999
3,748 views
Straight for The Money (trailer)

Straight for The Money (trailer)

Interview Documentary, Screened 1999
4,125 views
In South Africa, Sex Workers Arm Themselves with the Law

In South Africa, Sex Workers Arm Themselves with the Law

Documentary, Web Source, Open Society Foundations
5,950 views
Prostitution Free Zone

Prostitution Free Zone

Documentary, PJ Starr
4,322 views
Cambodia’s New anti-trafficking law: Sex Workers speak out

Cambodia’s New anti-trafficking law: Sex Workers speak out

Documentary, Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers
3,412 views
SEX WORK IN NEW ZEALAND: The Decriminalization Model

SEX WORK IN NEW ZEALAND: The Decriminalization Model

Documentary, Sex Worker's Films Database
3,226 views
How Police Can Arrest the Spread of HIV

How Police Can Arrest the Spread of HIV

Documentary, Web Source, Open Society Foundations
3,394 views
Isabel The Witness: Police Officers Commit Crimes Against Sex Workers in Niterói

Isabel The Witness: Police Officers Commit Crimes Against Sex Workers in Niterói

Documentary, News, interviews, Web Source
3,517 views
Just Sign on The Dotted Line- The Anti-Prostitution Loyalty Oath

Just Sign on The Dotted Line- The Anti-Prostitution Loyalty Oath

Documentary, Web Source, Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot
3,758 views
The Honeybringer: Stories from the Sex Worker Freedom Festival

The Honeybringer: Stories from the Sex Worker Freedom Festival

Documentary, Web Source, Sex Worker Open University
3,434 views
Red Umbrella Diaries (trailer)

Red Umbrella Diaries (trailer)

Performance Documentary, Web Source, Red Umbrella Project
3,545 views
Where is the Justice- Sex Work in Hungary

Where is the Justice- Sex Work in Hungary

Documentary, Web Source
3,663 views
Common Life (from Turkey)

Common Life (from Turkey)

Documentary, Web Source
3,545 views
Putes en lutte / Whores Fight Back

Putes en lutte / Whores Fight Back

Documentary, Web Source, Sex Worker Open University
1,483 views

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