prostitution

The Brothel Project - A Victoria Film Fest 2010 Review

This film documents the journey of four women (including Jody Patterson, a prominent Victoria, BC journalist) to improve workplace safety for prostitutes by starting a co-operative brothel. Notably, the film features Mia, a self-proclaimed “courtesan”, who chooses prostitution and loves her work. Mia is beautiful, articulate, healthy, intelligent, and has her welding ticket.

The film’s approach to the portrayal of the world’s oldest industry is novel, but is it effective changing people’s opinions about how