Sexography : sex work in documentary

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Preface. Venus: Paris is burning

Introduction: how much does it cost for cinema to tell the truth of sex?

Street talk and love: Pasolini's cinéma vérité in Comizi d'amore

Confession porn: Wkiktor Grodecki's Body without soul and Not angels but angels

Save us from saviors: reflexive feminist documentary and Shohini Ghosh's Tales of the night fairies

Grey mornings of tolerance: Cui Zi'en's Night scene and queer China, "comrade" China

Truth under the uniform: youth and sexuality in Hideaki Anno's Love & pop

Conclusion. Plot twists: live nude girls, unite!