Inside Lara Roxx (2011)

Directed by

Mia Donovan

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 17m

Rated

14A

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a young Canadian woman who moves to Los Angeles to work in the adult film industry. Soon after arriving she gets HIV from a scene, and the film examines the consequences for her and the industry.

somberintimateeye-openingreflectiveunsensationalpersonalharrowing

What happens

Inside Lara Roxx is a 2011 EyeSteelFilm Canadian documentary film by Canadian film director Mia Donovan. It covers the circumstances of a 21-year-old Canadian woman Lara Roxx who in the Spring of 2004, left her hometown Montreal heading to Los Angeles to work in pornography. Within two months she contracted HIV after shooting an unprotected sex scene with two men. It was revealed that one of the two men, porn actor Darren James, was HIV positive. The film did well critically. In 2012, it was nominated for a Claude Jutra Award for Best Documentary. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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