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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
688 views
Men of The Night, Uganda (Trailer)

Men of The Night, Uganda (Trailer)

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

Sex(ual) Healing (Trailer)

Documentary, Media Message, Trailer or Excerpt
714 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
815 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
801 views
Decriminalise Sex Work

Decriminalise Sex Work

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

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

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

Red Canary Song: Fly in Power

Documentary, Web Source
908 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
835 views
Raising Red Umbrellas in Africa- African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA)

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

Documentary, Web Source
768 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
819 views
Sticks and Stones; Bambi Lake (2015)

Sticks and Stones; Bambi Lake (2015)

Profile Documentary, Web Source
1,084 views
My Name Was January

My Name Was January

Profile Documentary, Screened 2019, CyberScreening2019
2,072 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
983 views
Prostitutes Protection Act: Germany (on Sex Worker Rights Day)

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

Interview Documentary, Web Source
1,071 views
Our Bodies Our Business

Our Bodies Our Business

Action Documentary, Screened 2017, Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot
1,796 views
South Africa: Decriminalize Sex Work

South Africa: Decriminalize Sex Work

Documentary, Web Source
1,920 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
954 views
LES PROSTITUEES DE LYON PARLENT

LES PROSTITUEES DE LYON PARLENT

Feature, Documentary, Event Documentary, Screened 2007
2,115 views
NO HUMAN INVOLVED Trailer –  DVD Launch

NO HUMAN INVOLVED Trailer – DVD Launch

Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 2019
1,678 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
1,033 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
1,691 views
La Puta Dignidad

La Puta Dignidad

Documentary, Web Source
2,859 views
Laure McElroy: Images, Poems and Passions

Laure McElroy: Images, Poems and Passions

Profile Documentary, Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot
3,366 views
Traumboy by Daniel Hellman

Traumboy by Daniel Hellman

Performance Documentary, Web Source
2,821 views
AI Turkey – What is your occupation?

AI Turkey – What is your occupation?

Interview Documentary, Web Source
4,393 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
5,775 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
4,898 views
MAJOR! official trailer

MAJOR! official trailer

Profile Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Web Source
4,596 views
Street Sex by Carol Jacobsen

Street Sex by Carol Jacobsen

Interview Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 1999
1,150 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
4,297 views
The High Cost of Cheap Clothes (Vice News)

The High Cost of Cheap Clothes (Vice News)

Documentary, Screened 2015
4,326 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
4,192 views
La Revolte des Prostituees / The Prostitutes Revolt

La Revolte des Prostituees / The Prostitutes Revolt

Experimental, Documentary, Radio-Audio, Web Source
4,511 views
“I Deserve to be Safe” by Daisy Anarchy

“I Deserve to be Safe” by Daisy Anarchy

Performance Documentary, Web Source
2,939 views
Human Rights for Sex Workers from Amnesty International

Human Rights for Sex Workers from Amnesty International

Documentary, Media Message, Web Source
4,402 views
Soho Trot

Soho Trot

Documentary, Web Source, Health Rights Video Library
4,452 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
4,579 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
4,385 views
MWILI WANGU, CHAUO LANGU – My Body, My Choice

MWILI WANGU, CHAUO LANGU – My Body, My Choice

Documentary, Screened 2015
4,149 views
Becky’s Journey

Becky’s Journey

Documentary, Narrative, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 2015
4,954 views
Mistress May I?

Mistress May I?

Profile Documentary, Screened 2015
5,028 views
Born Into Porn

Born Into Porn

Feature, Interview Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Listing Only, Screened 2015
6,531 views
Save Us From Saviours

Save Us From Saviours

Documentary, Screened 2015
6,382 views
We Are Foot Soldiers

We Are Foot Soldiers

Documentary, Screened 2015
4,100 views
Doin’ It For Themselves (the Hunt Sisters)

Doin’ It For Themselves (the Hunt Sisters)

Experimental, Comedy, Documentary, Media Message, Screened 2015
4,187 views
Making Sex Work

Making Sex Work

Interview Documentary, Screened 2015
4,160 views
Community Voices: J’s Voice

Community Voices: J’s Voice

Profile Documentary, Screened 2015
3,793 views
New Jersey Sex Workers Speak Out

New Jersey Sex Workers Speak Out

Event Documentary, Screened 2015
3,866 views
Jasmine and Dora 4-Ever

Jasmine and Dora 4-Ever

Documentary, Profile Documentary, Screened 2015, Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot
4,510 views
The Malak

The Malak

Profile Documentary, Screened 2015
4,307 views
Sex workers are the solution, not the problem

Sex workers are the solution, not the problem

Documentary, Screened 2015, Sex Worker Open University
3,765 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
3,890 views
The Street in Red

The Street in Red

Documentary, Screened 2015
3,840 views
Lovebirds

Lovebirds

Explicit, Documentary, Web Source
891 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
4,597 views
American Courtesans

American Courtesans

Interview Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2013
3,872 views
(Sex Workers Cry) Rights Not Rescue in Cambodia

(Sex Workers Cry) Rights Not Rescue in Cambodia

Documentary, Web Source
4,072 views
HOPS: Promoting Sex Worker Rights in Macedonia

HOPS: Promoting Sex Worker Rights in Macedonia

Documentary, Screened 2013
3,505 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
3,564 views
Sex Worker Violence Prevention

Sex Worker Violence Prevention

Interview Documentary, Web Source
3,238 views
Scarlet Road (trailer)

Scarlet Road (trailer)

Feature, Documentary, Screened 2013
5,477 views
Lot Lizard

Lot Lizard

Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Listing Only, Screened 2013
2,661 views
A Kiss for Gabriela (source interview)

A Kiss for Gabriela (source interview)

Profile Documentary, Screened 2013
3,625 views
Ticket to Paradise

Ticket to Paradise

Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2013
4,131 views
Nada

Nada

Profile Documentary, Screened 2013
7,398 views
Sex Work in The Netherlands – Licia Brussa

Sex Work in The Netherlands – Licia Brussa

Documentary, Web Source
3,239 views
WHORE LOGIC (Excerpt 5 mins)

WHORE LOGIC (Excerpt 5 mins)

Performance Documentary, Screened 2013, PJ Starr
3,632 views
Sex Worker Open University 2011

Sex Worker Open University 2011

Documentary, Screened 2013
3,736 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
3,191 views
Global Sex Workers on the March!

Global Sex Workers on the March!

Documentary, Screened 2013, Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers
3,464 views
Advocating in Albany: No Condoms As Evidence

Advocating in Albany: No Condoms As Evidence

Action Documentary, Screened 2013
3,483 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
3,565 views
Sisonke marches against police brutality

Sisonke marches against police brutality

Action Documentary, Web Source
3,202 views
Former Sex Workers and Advocates Talk about Condom Use

Former Sex Workers and Advocates Talk about Condom Use

Documentary, Web Source
736 views
Protest for France Sex Workers

Protest for France Sex Workers

Documentary, Web Source
7,502 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
4,028 views
Sex, Drugs and Student Loans (trailer)

Sex, Drugs and Student Loans (trailer)

Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2011
3,844 views
Indian sex workers fight for their rights

Indian sex workers fight for their rights

Documentary, Web Source
6,228 views
Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism

Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism

Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 2011
5,882 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
3,205 views
Sex on Wheels

Sex on Wheels

Experimental, Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2013
3,908 views
Journey Women: Reflections on the Survival Sex Trade

Journey Women: Reflections on the Survival Sex Trade

Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2011
3,400 views
Every Ho I Know Says So

Every Ho I Know Says So

Documentary, Media Message, Screened 2011
3,454 views
Sex Workers World Cup

Sex Workers World Cup

Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2011
3,896 views
A Day in Her Life

A Day in Her Life

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

Cinema Of Desire

Profile Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 2009
3,872 views
Sex workers do harm reduction: II

Sex workers do harm reduction: II

Documentary, Screened 2009, PJ Starr
3,282 views
Interview: Laxsmi Tripathi, hijra & sex worker rights activist

Interview: Laxsmi Tripathi, hijra & sex worker rights activist

Interview Documentary, Web Source
9,760 views
Happy Endings

Happy Endings

Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 2009
4,478 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
3,876 views
Turning A Corner (trailer)

Turning A Corner (trailer)

Documentary, Screened 2009
3,431 views
“En El Fuego” In The Fire (Excerpt)

“En El Fuego” In The Fire (Excerpt)

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

A Safer Sex Trade (trailer)

Documentary, Screened 2009
3,158 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
3,466 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
3,329 views
Zinda Lash

Zinda Lash

Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2009
4,833 views
The Making of Gigi (trailer)

The Making of Gigi (trailer)

Documentary, Screened 2007, PJ Starr
3,224 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
4,707 views
Legalization Sucks! Decriminalize Now (trailer)

Legalization Sucks! Decriminalize Now (trailer)

Documentary, Screened 2007
3,315 views
Measure Q: Sex Workers Outreach Project, A History

Measure Q: Sex Workers Outreach Project, A History

Documentary, Screened 2007
3,362 views
International Sex Workers Rights Day- The Origin

International Sex Workers Rights Day- The Origin

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

Otras Vias (Other Ways)

Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2007
3,777 views
Ni Coupables, Ni Victimes

Ni Coupables, Ni Victimes

Experimental, Documentary, Screened 2007
3,457 views
Taking the Pledge

Taking the Pledge

Documentary, Screened 2007
3,432 views
Prostitution Decriminalization in New Zealand by Robyn Few

Prostitution Decriminalization in New Zealand by Robyn Few

Documentary, Screened 2005
3,029 views
The Naked Feminist: A Documentary Film

The Naked Feminist: A Documentary Film

Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 2005
4,732 views
Tales of the Night Fairies

Tales of the Night Fairies

Documentary, Screened 2003
3,126 views
I Was a Teenage Prostitute

I Was a Teenage Prostitute

Profile Documentary, Listing Only, Screened 2003
3,521 views
Trading Women

Trading Women

Feature, Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Web Source
3,970 views
Screaming Queens – The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria

Screaming Queens – The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria

Action Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 2001
4,101 views
For Love or Money

For Love or Money

Documentary, Profile Documentary, Screened 2001
4,253 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
7,225 views
Whore on Whore (1995) by Victoria Schneider

Whore on Whore (1995) by Victoria Schneider

Profile Documentary, Screened 2001
3,882 views
A Gram O’ Pussy with Duran Ruiz

A Gram O’ Pussy with Duran Ruiz

Documentary, Profile Documentary, Screened 2001, Alexandra Juhasz
4,769 views
Amores de Rua (Street Lovers)

Amores de Rua (Street Lovers)

Documentary, Screened 2001
3,239 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
2,981 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
4,913 views
Sacrifice (trailer)

Sacrifice (trailer)

Documentary, Trailer or Excerpt, Screened 1999
3,498 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
872 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
4,440 views
The Salt Mines (clip)

The Salt Mines (clip)

Documentary, Screened 1999
3,444 views
Straight for The Money (trailer)

Straight for The Money (trailer)

Interview Documentary, Screened 1999
3,789 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
5,633 views
Prostitution Free Zone

Prostitution Free Zone

Documentary, PJ Starr
3,886 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
3,062 views
SEX WORK IN NEW ZEALAND: The Decriminalization Model

SEX WORK IN NEW ZEALAND: The Decriminalization Model

Documentary, Sex Worker's Films Database
2,898 views
How Police Can Arrest the Spread of HIV

How Police Can Arrest the Spread of HIV

Documentary, Web Source, Open Society Foundations
3,054 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
3,166 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
3,407 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
3,115 views
Red Umbrella Diaries (trailer)

Red Umbrella Diaries (trailer)

Performance Documentary, Web Source, Red Umbrella Project
3,221 views
Where is the Justice- Sex Work in Hungary

Where is the Justice- Sex Work in Hungary

Documentary, Web Source
3,321 views
Common Life (from Turkey)

Common Life (from Turkey)

Documentary, Web Source
3,230 views
Putes en lutte / Whores Fight Back

Putes en lutte / Whores Fight Back

Documentary, Web Source, Sex Worker Open University
984 views

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