San Francisco Sex Worker Film & Arts Festival Pass

San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival

The Sex Worker Festival provides an opportunity to recognize and honor sex worker film & video makers and performers from around the world.

San Francisco Sex Worker Film & Arts Festival 2023

After taking a brief hiatus from our last festival in 2021 due to COVID and other serious tribulations, we are excited to bring back The SF Sex Worker Film & Arts Festival,  recognizing sex worker film & video makers and performers from around the world.

Welcome to the Sex Worker Fest!After taking a brief hiatus from our last festival in 2021 due to COVID and other serious tribulations,We are excited to announce we are now planning the next Festival for 2023!The San Francisco Bay Area Sex Workers Film and Arts Festival is a biennial event, established in 1999 to provide a forum for the accomplishments of sex worker film and video makers and to screen works about sex workers and the sex industries from around the world. The Sex Worker Festival provides an opportunity to recognize and honor prostitutes, dancers, porn performers and other sex workers, who have historically been a dynamic part of arts communities.To date, the Sex Worker Festivals have screened many hundreds of hours of videos and generated much interest in the media. See our archives (in progress) at http://www.sexworkerfest.com/videos/Films and videos for the Sex Worker Festival focus on sex workers&#x27; rights; organizing efforts and working conditions for dancers; global sex work and sex work as a labor issue on the international agenda; sex workers as artists; anti-racism and anti-oppression in sex worker communities; sex work and gender identities focusing on LGB/transgender/queer sex workers; sex education, sex art, porn and erotica; and portraits of strippers, prostitutes, dommes, madams and more. We encourage diverse participation, diverse perspectives emphasizing under-represented voices in our movements and communities.For those who don&#x27;t know, our beloved curator and close friend, Laure McElroy, passed away in August 2018. Director Erica Fabulous and founder Carol Leigh worked with many with local sex worker artists to support the Sex Worker Festival in 2019, on it&#x27;s 20th Anniversary (launched in 1999). Through the last several years, Carol Leigh has been managing cancer, then COVID happened. Our organizers took a break, but are back and planning for a 2023 Festival.Our last festival season included events such as a marathon screening day at the Roxie, an opening event at Artists Television Access, a screening with Failed Films at Dungeon Art Gallery and online screenings for those unable to make it in-person (all films screened online had explicit permissions from filmmakers). Theatrical director and performer, Jovelyn Richards presented a rare ensemble performance on Friday night. The festival concluded with our highlight event for sex workers, Whore&#x27;s Bath, which has proudly grown to events featured around the country. 2023 Festival Schedule of Events: Day One (5/19): &#x27;While We Were Away&#x27; Sex Worker Literary Event and Working It Anthology Release, Location TBDDay Two (5/20): Carol Leigh Memorial Film Screening, 12pm at the Roxie Theater Day Three (5/21): Afternoon of Films, at Stage Werx Theater Day Four (5/22): &#x27;Carol Leigh in the House of Mz. Pat,&#x27; written and performed by Jovelyn Richards aka Sangria Red with Live Musicians, at New Parkway Theater Day Five (5/23): Sex Worker Skill Share (current and former SWers only), Registration needed for Location Day Six (5/ 24): &quot;An Evening of Delight,&quot; produced by SWFF &amp; Failed Films as a benefit for BAWS, at The New Parkway Theater Day Seven (5/25): &#x27;Whore&#x27;s Eye View&#x27; performance by Kaytlin Bailey, a benefit for the Old Pros media non-profit, at The New Parkway Theater Day Eight (5/26): SWFF Variety Show, at Little Boxes Theater Day Seven(5/27): Roxie Movie Marathon, at the Roxie Theater Day Eight (5/28): Whore&#x27;s Bath spa day (current and former SWers only), Registration needed for Location ***In an effort to make the festival a COVID safer space we will setting up air filters and asking festival goers to mask**You can contact us directly for more information at sexworkerfest@gmail.com.

Agenda

May 19th: Working It Anthology Release and Sex Worker Literary Event 

Screening at The Roxie https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-premiere-carol-leigh-memorial-swff-day-2-tickets-596130060057 Live Stream Event https://www.eventbrite.com/e/online-screening-carol-leigh-memorial-film-tickets-591511746557

May 20th: Carol Leigh Memorial Film Screening, at the Roxie Theater  

May 21st: Afternoon of of Films, at Stage Werx Theater 

May 22nd: Tribute to Carol Leigh,  Sangria Red at The New Parkway Theater

May 23rd: Sex Worker Skill Share (current and former SWers only) 

May 24th:  Evening of Delight with Failed Films, a benefit for BAWS

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whores-eye-view-by-kaytlin-bailey-swff-day-7-tickets-595902358997

May 25th: 'Whore's Eye View' performance by Kaytlin Bailey, a benefit for the 

May 26th: SWFF Variety Show at Little Boxes Theater 

May 27th: Roxie Movie Marathon, at the Roxie Theater 

May 28th: Whore's Bath spa day (current and former SWers only) 

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