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Leicester Red Project

Thursdays, 12 Feb- 19 Mar

LEICESTER RED PROJECT- WHO DO YOU THINK WE ARE?

Delivered in partnership with Firefly Leicester and supported by the Big Lottery Fund, the season aims to raise awareness amongst care professionals and the public of how stigmatised representations of sex workers can have a life-threatening impact upon them.

All films are free and seats allocated on a first-come, first-served basis on the evening.

 

Following each of the films – three of them Italian, three British – there will be Q&A sessions for the audience to explore stereotypes and prejudices with guest speakers including activists, researchers and former sex workers.

View our blog, which contains a review of the first screening in the season, here.

PERSONAL SERVICES (18)

Julie Walters in Personal Services, screening as part of the Leicester Red Project

Thurs 12 Feb 7pm FREE
1987, Terry Jones, UK

Waitress and single mother, Christine struggles to make ends meet. She thus decides first to prostitutes herself and then, with a business-like, practical turn of mind, opens what will become a successful brothel. Inspired by a true story.

Guest speakers: – Stand-up Comedian and former sex worker Miranda Kane  and Professor of British Cinema Steve Chibnall (DMU)

View our review of the screening here.

Rocco e I suoi fratelli (Rocco and his Brothers) (15)

Rocco and His Brothers

Thurs 19 Feb 7pm FREE
1960, Luchino Visconti, Italy (subtitled)

A controversial masterpiece. A sterile sense of male honour leads to violence and death. Recently immigrated to Milan from southern Italy, Rocco and his brothers seek a better future when a young disenchanted woman enters their lives.

Guest speaker: Professor Sharon Wood (University of Leicester)

Irina Palm (15)

Irena Palm

Thurs 26 Feb 7pm FREE
2007, Sam Garbarski, UK, Belgium, France.

Middle-aged Maggie must find a way to get enough money for her grandson’s lifesaving medical treatment. When a ‘Hostess Wanted’ sign catches her eye, Maggie naively stumbles into a city sex club. Shy Maggie has a rough start at ‘Sexy World’, more than just a train ride from her conservative suburb.

Guest speaker: Director of Services at Ugly Mugs and a member of the National Police Working Group on Prostitution Alex Bryce

View our review of the screening here.

Matrimonio all’italiana (Marriage Italian Style) (15)

Marriage Italian Style

Thurs 5 March 7pm FREE
1964, Vittorio De Sica, Italy (subtitled)

In Naples, in the Second World War, the businessman Domenico Soriano meets the seventeen years old prostitute Filumena Marturano (Sophia Loren) in a brothel during an allied bombing. Flash forward to the post-war years, and the two meet again, sparking a passionate affair that spans two decades.

Guest speaker: Pia Covre, vice-president of the Committee for Prostitutes Civil Rights, Italy.

Normal (15*)

Nick Mai

Thurs 12 Mar 7pm FREE
2012, Nick Mai, UK.

Normal is creative documentary based on original anthropological research on the relationship between migration, the sex industry and sex trafficking. The film brings the real life stories of male, female and transgender migrants working in the sex industry to the screen.

Guest speaker: Georgina Perry Open Doors Service Manager, London.

* this film contains strong language and references to sexual activity.

La bocca del lupo (The Mouth of the Wolf) (15*)

La bocca del lupo

Thur 19 Mar 7pm FREE
2009, Pietro Marcello, Italy (subtitled)

Multi-award winning Pietro Marcello’s feature documentary unfolds a beautiful love story between Mary and Enzo who have been waiting and wanting each other since they first met behind bars. Set in the Italian port town of Genoa, the film is a tribute to love and to the city.

Guest speaker: Unfortunately Porpora Marcasciano is unable to make the screening but we are very pleased to be joined by two speakers: Dr Oliver Brett (University of Leicester) and Rebecca Shaw (Leicester LGBT Centre).

* this film contains strong language and references to sexual activity.

About Leicester Red Project

Leicester Red Project

To find out more about the Leicester Red Project and the organisation behind the project, Firefly Leicester Community Interest Company head to their website.