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The Prostitutes of Lyon speak

Original title: Les prostituées de Lyon parlent
Year: 1975
Running time: 40 min.
Country: France
Director: Carole Roussopoulos
Cast: Documentary
Producer: Video Out
Genre: Documentary | Half-length Film. Prostitution
Synopsis: In June 1975, two hundred female sex worker occupied Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon. They talk about their personal lives, their relationship to society, their working conditions and what they want. They testify as "women and mothers" and demand a cessation of the police, tax and social harassment that wiegh on their shoulders. Outside the church, video monitors broadcast debates for passers-by, mostly men.

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The Prostitutes of Lyon speak

1975

Carole Roussopoulos