From Ccrimson Cclover:

The event, to be held at the Film Forum on Saturday, March 20, will include a program of short films, a panel discussion and reception with special guests.

Seattle, WA—Northwest Film Forum and the Bird Cage Collective are pleased to present LET’S DO IT! – A Night of Sex Worker Made Media on Saturday, March 20 at 8pm. LET’S DO IT! will include a program of experimental and documentary short films dedicated to human rights and advocacy for sex workers across the globe. The evening will examine the unique challenges and joys of being a sex worker. Following the screening will be a panel discussion and reception at Northwest Film Forum.

From the Sangli district in the rural south of India to the life of a New York City callboy, sex workers have reached out through the medium of film to share their myriad of experiences. To combat the misrepresentations in the mainstream media of those who trade erotic labor, sex workers and sex worker activists aim to reduce stigmatization by becoming their own authors, reporters and organizers. LET’S DO IT! includes films from Seattle filmmakers Kinsey Bell (Manicured) and Basil Shadid and billie rain (Humor Me), as well the performance film I Want You, with multimedia artist Sadie Lune, experimental work by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and Gina Carducci (All That Sheltering Emptiness) and the documentary shorts In Our Own Image and Taking the Pledge, among others. The evening’s program will highlight some of the artistic and political achievements of sex workers, and explore the complicated challenges unique to those in the sex industry.

Following the screening will be a panel discussion with local starlight Miss Indigo Blue (Academy of Burlesque), local writer and sex worker Sophia J. Russel and billie rain (dual power infamy), out of town guest Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (Author of So Many Ways To Sleep Badly) and other special guests. The public is encouraged to join this discussion that will examine individual experiences with advocacy, work and empowerment

The evening’s event is a benefit to raise funds for a local resource guide by and for sex workers. The night’s frivolities will include food, beverages, music and a raffle.

LET’S DO IT! is sponsored by the Central Coop.

LET’S DO IT! – a night of sex worker made media at Northwest Film Forum

Saturday, March 20th

8:00 pm

Northwest Film Forum

1515 12th Ave. E. Seattle

Tickets cost $6 for Film Forum members, $6.50 for seniors and $9 for general admission. Tickets are available at www.nwfilmforum.org or by calling 1 800 838 3006.

Interview and image requests should be directed individually to panelist or to the bird cage collective at (birdcagecollective@gmail.com)