Sex workers as transformers

It is possible for a film about Black women as sex workers to be cinematically transformative the same way it would be possible for a film about a White male washing dishes. The idea is that they are going through some type of transformation, something the audience can identify with. Like hooks says, "we go to the movies to learn stuff. Often what we learn is life transforming in some way." With that train of thought, subject matter takes a backseat to authenticity. If the story is being told in a realistic manner, with the banalities of life that viewers can identify with, the story is granted agency and the audience is more willing to go through the transformation with the narrative.