Sex workers unionizing in India—this doc hits harder than any crime thriller.
The film attempts to represent the struggles and aspirations of thousands of sex workers who constitute the DMSC (Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee or the the Durbar Women's Collaborative Committee), an initiative that emerged from the Shonagachi HIV/AIDS Intervention Project. A collective of men, women and transgendered sex workers, DMSC demands decriminalization of adult sex work and the right to form a trade union.
Direction
Ghosh refuses the poverty-porn gaze—subjects speak for themselves.
Production
Made collaboratively with DMSC members, not about them.
Director
Shohini Ghosh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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