ATX PostSXSW Film Preview: Scarlet Road
Scarlet Road follows Australian sex worker Rachel Wotton with a few of her clients and their families — John finds himself wheelchair-bound from Multiple Sclerosis while Mark, also in a wheelchair, must speak with the help of an electronic communication board due to Cerebral Palsy. Beyond Rachel illustrating her philosophy that human touch and sexual intimacy can be some of the most therapeutic aspects to our existence, the doc also includes her involvement with the Scarlet Alliance (Australian Sex Workers Association) that “aims to achieve equality, social, legal, political, cultural and economic justice for past and present workers in the sex industry.” An ultimate goal is to help create the first non-profit brothel.
Jezebel recently wrote up the film with a quote from Rachel that helps put things in perspective: “Part of my reason for doing the film was to wipe away the ‘us and them’ mentality. We’re all one car accident away from being in the same position as these guys. Tomorrow we could all wake up out of a coma and not be able to eat let alone have sex or touch ourselves. What I say to people is imagine the next time you go to have sex or masturbate having to call your mum and have her organize it all for you.”
Scarlet Road’s first SXSW screening is Monday, March 12th at 1:15pm (Vimeo Theater) with additional screenings at Violet Crown and Alamo Drafthouse Lamar. Find the full SXSW Film Lineup here, and check out { ...to continue reading this article: Article source: } Article source: http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=24dcc4f4d18b3af03e38ac44006bf47e