Working Girls

The Working Girls in this New York-based film are laboring away at the World's Oldest Profession. Molly (Louise Smith), a Yale grad whos lives with her lesbian lover, turns tricks to keep food on the table. She approaches each day with fear and loathing, carrying out her responsibilities with crisp, ...more

One of the more honest looks at the "oldest profession in the world," Working Girls is not a sophisticated film in any sense of the word. The camerawork may appear amateurish and unprofessional, but the documentary style gives one the impression of being a fly on the wall of a Manhattan brothel for a day. Director Lizzie Borden does not pardon or sensationalize the idea of prostitution but rather shows us an intimate account into the life of a "working girl." "Working" is the operative word here ...more