2022 Program
Friday, November 18th
7pm Drag Performance & Short films by/with Local Sex Workers
WHERE: The Screening Room, 127 E Congress St, Tucson, AZ (doors open 6:30pm)
$10.00 (no one turned away for lack of funds. No charge for sex workers.)
Featuring:
THE VAMP NATALIA
Just your local tranny vamp, entertainer extraordinaire.
Celebrating 20 Years of the Sex Worker Arts Festival
(Filmmakers and stars in attendance) A look at the outrageous,
courageous and joyful acts of resistance by Tucson sex workers.
Manifesting Monica Jones (preview) by PJ Starr (Monica Jones &
Filmmaker in attendance)
After being arrested, Monica Jones challenges the constitutionality
of AZ laws limiting her freedom of expression and sexuality. This
is a decision that changes her world and propels her to redefine
her personhood and place in society.
Lilith Rising (preview) by Maria Beatty (Filmmaker and cast in
attendance) A queer retake of the tale of Lilith, and a tribute to
all of the outcasts who fought (and are still fighting) for the rights
we have today, and to change this broken system.
I was a Teenage Prostitute by Juliana Piccillo (Filmmaker in
attendance) A diary about coming of age in a suburban massage
parlor in a small town in the 1980s.
Family Matters by Sex Workers Project, Urban Justice Center
(Stars in Attendance) An exploration of the ways various sex
workers define family and navigate their closest relationships.
Q & A to follow
Saturday, November 19th
2pm Short films by Global Sex Workers
WHERE: The Screening Room, 127 E Congress St, Tucson, AZ
$10.00 (no one turned away for lack of funds. No charge for sex workers.)
The Sewers of Heterosexuality by Marianne Chargois (France)
Marianne Chargois documents her practice from the inside. Taking
as a starting point the fetishes she practices most with the
clients - enemas, fist fucking, and urethral probes, she develops an
analysis of toxic and dominant masculinities and their possible
subversions. She shares her vision of sex work as a place of
economic autonomy and empowerment of minorities. Between
documentary, obscenity and analysis of practices, the video art,
The Sewers of Heterosexuality is a love manifesto to all ho’s of the
world.
All of Me by Josie Hess & Morgana Muses (Australia)
Melinah is a sex worker, camgirl and activist with cerebral palsy.
This short, intimate documentary explores her work, philosophy,
and the intersections of her identity.
Fuck The Fascism by Maria Basura (Argentina)
In Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego, the Selk'nam descendant Marcos García tells the horrific story of ethnocide of the Fuegian peoples. Maria Basura and other activists decide to take a revenge
Is Friendship Legal by Zoe Cat
A short about the SESTA-FOSTA laws passed in 2018
and how it affects the sex work community. Three friends who
happen to be sex workers go to Las Vegas and illuminate the
nuances of how this law affects every day sex workers. Filmed and
edited entirely by sex workers on an iPhone.
Rated X by Nadia Louis-Desmarchais (Czech Republic)
Rated X, a short documentary about the adult industry, focuses
on giving a voice to the pornographic actresses working within it.
In a perspective of showing how these women empower
themselves with their job, Rated X exposes the porn industry as it
has rarely been done before.
Sex(ual) Healing by Sex Workers Project/Urban Justice Center (USA)
The first episode of a nuanced docuseries that shows the diversity
of sex work, the harmful impact of existing laws, and how we talk
about criminality, sex and consent.
La Quête d’émancipation des travailleurs.ses du sexe au Canada
by Countessa Emalia (Canada)
They say Canada has a great instagram profile, but what is the reality
of sex workers and the C-36 law? This work was created with love and
independence, just like we like to work!
Celebrating 20 Years of the Sex Worker Arts Festival by Juliana
Piccillo & Robert Cohen
A look at the outrageous, courageous and joyful acts of resistance by
Tucson sex workers.
Saturday Night, November 19th
WHERE: Splinter Collective Warehouse
901 N 13th Ave, Tucson, AZ
6pm-7:30 - Sex worker only Potluck
7:30 - 8:30 - Poetry Reading Open to All
8-? - Dance Party Open to All