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Films
found one film
with a digital version available
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Region
“Western Europe”
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Country
“France”
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Keywords
“Informant-researcher relationship”
and
“Migration”
x
Directors
“Mai, Nick”
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Year of production
“2016”
x
Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
x
films with a digital version
1
x
Region
Western Europe
1
x
Country
France
1
x
Keywords
Ethnofiction
1
Informant-researcher relationship
1
x
Labour
1
Migration
1
x
Reflexivity
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Directors
Mai, Nick
1
x
Series
not set
1
Country of production
France
1
Year of production
2016
1
x
Colour / Black and white
Film
Travel
2016
63
‘
Special Interest
Directed by
Nick Mai
.
(This version of the film is edited using a single screen. For the split screen version see ‘Travel – double screen version’). Joy left Nigeria to help her family after her father’s death. She knew that she was going to sell sex in France, but she was unaware of the degree of exploitation that she would face. With the help of an association she obtains asylum, but to help her family and live her life, she continues selling sex. This documentary ethnofiction was co-written by Nicola Mai and 8 Nigerian women with experiences of migration, sex work and trafficking. Joy is one of several fictional characters embodying their individual and collective experiences. In order to protect their identities these roles are played by non-professional actresses including some of the film’s co-authors. Read an interview with the director here: https://raifilm.org.uk/how-to-make-a-film-about-sex-workers-who-do-not-want-to-be-seen/
Western Europe
Sex / Sexuality
Labour
Migration
Ethnofiction
Informant-researcher relationship
Reflexivity