transformation

I definitely think that a black female sex worker could be an element of a cinematically transformative film. The narrative components of such an undertaking are clearly the hard part. I guess the first question would have to be what is any particular film-maker's connection to such material? No-one would choose to invest time and energy into such a project for the financial payoff - hooks' essay on Girl 6 specifically states that one of the transformative elements of the film is its unconventional (and thus, un-commercial) black female representations - and if they did it would probably be a film that wouldn't be necessarily transformative (black prostitute accidently becomes involved in terrorist plot, for example). The alternative therefore is someone who probably has knowledge/experience of the sex trade and has found some elements that are transformative within it. Even considering that I'm not even sure if 'sex-worker' could properly be called a genre (though there are examples of such films), our society has clearly engrained plenty of stereotypes regarding it. Such films typically are about the tropes of urban despair, which is a fine subject, but I think that a personal connection, again, would be necessary for an original and uniquely transformative film to be created. Because prostitution is so widespread but also illegal and a completely 'underground' lifestyle, it seems to me that if you did a comprehensive study on the subject you would find a wealth of unconventional representations ripe for an extended meditation. There is, for example, a little-known thesis on prostitution in my home-town entitled "Living the Life: Prostitution in the Quad Cities". Given that the quad cities is itself completely unique (four towns stretched over the only west-east flow on the world's 3rd largest river) and that it's style of prostitution is quiet and eternal; it sounds like maybe I should write a script about it.