This screening brings together two films that centre sex workers’ voices across different contexts — from digital labour online to long-term grassroots organising for rights and decriminalisation.
The evening opens with Private Chat (2020), a short film by Joe Bowden and Ashley Song. Set within the world of online camming, the film follows a young cam model who books a private session with another performer in the hope of improving her own work. What unfolds is an intimate, sharp, and often humorous conversation about labour, performance, boundaries, skill-sharing, and stigma, offering a rare, insider portrayal of digital sex work.
The programme continues with Womxn: Working (2025), a fierce documentary directed by Shanelle Jewnarain that traces over a decade of sex worker-led organising in South Africa. The film centres activists and community leaders campaigning for decriminalisation, justice, and dignity, highlighting sex workers as political actors, caregivers, and organisers confronting criminalisation, violence, and structural inequality while building collective power.
A post-screening discussion will follow:
Moderator: Luca Stevenson
All of our screenings are 18+ unless otherwise stated, and the film start time is as advertised above.
