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Janus Film | Release Date: February 27, 1987
Summary: Sex work is portrayed with radical nonjudgment in Lizzie Borden’s immersive, richly detailed look at the rhythms and rituals of society’s most stigmatized profession. Inspired by the experiences of the sex workers Borden met while making her underground feminist landmark Born in Flames, Working Girls reveals the textures of a day in the life of Molly (Louise Smith), a photographer working part-time in a Manhattan brothel, as she juggles a steady stream of clients, balances relationships with her coworkers with the demands of an ambitious madam, and above all fights to maintain her sense of self in a business in which the line between the personal and the professional is all too easily blurred. In viewing prostitution through the lens of labor, Borden boldly desensationalizes the subject, offering an empathetic, humanizing, often humorous depiction of women for whom this work is just another day at the office. [Janus Films]
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Details

Runtime: 93 min
Rating: Not Rated
Official Site: https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2026
Production: Alternate Current
Genres: Drama
Country: US
Language: English
Home Release Date: Apr 24, 2001
Director Credit
Lizzie Borden Director
Writer Credit
Lizzie Borden Story
Sandra Kay Screenplay
Principal Cast Credit
Amanda Goodwin Dawn
Boomer Tibbs Bob
Deborah Banks Diane
Eli Hasson Voice Of Hasid
Ellen McElduff Lucy
Liz Caldwell Liz
Louise Smith Molly
Marusia Zach Gina
Richard M. Davidson Jerry
Tony Whiting Voice Of Gina's Client
Cast Credit
Fred Neumann Fantasy Fred
Grant Wheaton Robert
Patience Pierce Kathy
Paul Slimak Jay
Ronald Willoughby John
Producer Credit
Andi Gladstone Producer
Lizzie Borden Producer
Margaret Smilow Associate Producer