Punctum Film Club #4: Working Girls

At the fourth edition of Punctum Film Club we will screen the 80s cult film Working Girls by Lizzie Borden.

Set in a Manhattan brothel, which is aimed at an upper middle-class clientele, the film follows the daily life of sex workers and their madam. The main characters are Molly, a Yale graduate trying to make a living as a photographer, Gina, earning and saving money to open her own boutique, Dawn, a college student, and Lucy, the pragmatic brothel madam.

Although made and set in the 1980s, with its almost documentary-style approach it explores current topics such as exploitation of human labor, manipulation, consent, or politically correct use of language.

Lizzie Borden is an American filmmaker and writer. Reflecting on her filmography, she has said: “Born in Flames and Working Girls are the only two films I consider my own. The others were so radically re-cut and interfered with by producers, they're not 'mine', in any sense of the word.” We are grateful to Lizzie Borden for approving the screening of Working Girls at Punctum Film Club.

19:00 doors
19:30 screening in English with English subtitles
Screening may be followed with an informal discussion

Voluntary entry (recommended 100 and more)