This image released by Neon shows Mark Eydelshteyn, left, and Mikey Madison in a scene from Anora.
Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or-winning film Anora is one of a series of films changing how sex work and sex workers are depicted in film.Sean Baker’s Palme d'Or-winning film Anora, starring Mikey Madison, avoids Hollywood cliches about sex work in favour of an authentic and sympathetic look at that world, and the real risks sex workers face, says CBC’s Eli Glasner.Anora
It's also a moment that one might more expect to see from a different sort of character, like an office worker — and perhaps not from someone in Anora's line of work.When Anora director Sean Baker wanted to make his movie more accurate, he reached out to Toronto’s Andrea Werhun. Werhun is a former sex worker and author of Modern Whore. She spoke with CBC’s Eli Glasner about contributing to Anora and her own personal experiences.
It is part of a series of films changing how sex work and sex workers are depicted. But those films also perpetuated the idea that a happy ending is escaping from a lifestyle forced on them. That, Kirshner says, makes it seem like those characters — and real people like them — have little or no agency.
That depiction is particularly important for the wider perception of sex workers in real life, said Chandra Ewing, the executive director of Maggie's Toronto Sex Workers Action Project. Though the act of selling sexual services is not illegal in Canada, purchasing sexual services is. While this distinction was meant to protect sex workers while still decreasing prostitution, Ewing said it creates a grey area.
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