Scarlet Road (2011)

Directed by

Catherine Scott

Genre

documentary film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 46m

Rating

3.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows an Australian sex worker, Rachel Wotton, who provides sexual services to clients with disabilities. It shows her work and the relationships she builds in a place where prostitution is decriminalized.

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What happens

Scarlet Road is a 2011 documentary that explores the life of Australian Rachel Wotton, a sex worker who is based in New South Wales (where prostitution is decriminalised) and sells sex to clients who have disabilities. Directed by Catherine Scott and produced by Pat Fiske for Paradigm Pictures, the film premiered at the Sydney Film Festival on 11 June 2011. Subsequently, there was a public screening and reception at the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in Canberra. Scarlet Road was a 2011 Walkley Documentary Award finalist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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