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Working Girls (1986 film)

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For the 1988 film starring Melanie Griffith, see Working Girl. For other uses, see Working Girl (disambiguation).
Working Girls
Directed byLizzie Borden
Written byLizzie Borden
Produced byLizzie Borden
StarringLouise Smith
Deborah Banks
Liz Caldwell
Production
company
Alternate Current
Distributed byMiramax
Release dates
May 28, 1986 (Cannes Film Festival)
February 27, 1987 (United States)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Working Girls is a 1986 independent film, written, produced and directed by Lizzie Borden.[1][2]

Summary

It depicts a day in the life of modern prostitutes in a small Manhattan brothel.[3]

Accolades

It was nominated for the 1987 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and won the Special Jury Prize.[4]

Production

The film was the second feature film directed by Lizzie Borden. Working Girls depicts the lives of sex workers, maintains some of the stylistic and thematic features of her debut, but is more mainstream in its approach. The film was inspired by some of the women who participated in the making of Born in Flames, who coincidentally supported themselves through prostitution.[5] Although Working Girls addresses the subject of prostitution in great detail, Borden prefers the film to be discussed as a narrative fiction film rather than as a documentary.[6] The film was intended to be a "backstage" look at prostitution.

Reception

Roger Ebert gives it a thumbs up and Sheila Benson calls it "funny and insightful."[7]

References

  1. ^ Ebert, Roger (March 13, 1987). "Working Girls". Chicago Sun-Times.
  2. ^ Los Angeles Times
  3. ^ Trailer posted by Video Detective on YouTube
  4. ^ "Sundance Film Festival Films Honored 1985-2008" (PDF). Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  5. ^ Lane, Christina. Feminist Hollywood: From Born in Flames to Point Break. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2000.
  6. ^ Redding, Judith M., and Victoria A. Brownworth. Film Fatales: Independent Women Directors. Seattle: Seal Press, 1997.
  7. ^ Ebert, Roger (March 13, 1987). "Working Girls". Chicago Sun-Times.
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