A woman gets mistaken as a sex worker and decides to go along with it.

FILMMAKER STATEMENT

This film is very personal, based on a time I was working in New York as a bartender and musician, struggling to outgrow a very jaded identity I felt trapped in. I built walls so strong they became my new reality, and I couldn’t see outside of them. I allowed myself to be defined by the labels placed on me.

Brooke’s story explores the masks we wear and the struggle to be vulnerable though our learned and often addictive defense mechanisms. It exposes the truth of what’s really going on with people in contrast to how they appear to be to be in their environment, and the struggle we all have in reconciling who we are with how the world wants to perceive us.

Right now people in all walks of life- not just women- are searching to change their narrative and transcend the stereotypes and categories that confine them. We want a safe place to feel strong and vulnerable at the same time, and to take control of our own narrative.

As I continue to draw from the dark yet often comical truths of my personal experience, it’s on the path of creation that I find catharsis and healing, and can only hope to provide a space for others to find the same.

– Kylie Alesso (writer, producer, lead)

Find more on Kylie and her work @ https://kyliealesso.com/

FILMMAKER INTERVIEW

Josh Folan chats with Kylie about making the film with limited resources. Over coffee.

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