Adult actress and director Casey Calvert said authenticity is not something sex workers expect from Hollywood
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Porn industry veteran director Eli Cross said 'Anora' director Sean Baker is 'the only working mainstream filmmaker who has the ability' to ac…
Porn actress Scarlett Alexis (R) signs consent forms before filming an explicit lesbian sex scene
On the day AFP visited her set, Casey Calvert (R) -- known for directing relatively "big budget cinematic features" in adult film -- was shoot…
Pornographer Siouxsie Q said it was 'amazing' to see a film portraying 'consensual adult sex work' like 'Anora' receiving mainstream accolades
'Anora' -- from director Sean Baker (L) and starring Mikey Madison (R) -- has already won multiple awards, from the Cannes festival's Palme d'…
Adult movie director Casey Calvert (seated) and Eli Cross (L) rehearse for a scene with pornographic actress Lilly Bell (C) in Northridge, California
For a film about sex work to win an Oscar is rare. For it to win the respect of sex workers is even rarer.