Bad Reputation review – powerful look at sex workers’ fight for dignity on the Uruguayan streets

Everyday life takes precedence over sensationalism in a galvanising portrait of union founder Karina Núñez and her community A sex worker and activist living in Uruguay, Karina Núñez is a force of nature. The charismatic subject of Marta García and Sol Infante’s galvanising documentary, she is introduced by way of a somewhat provocative image: a closeup of her chest, tucked behind a lacy brassiere. The shot, however, is far from objectifying: Núñez is fully in control, and her breasts are si...

By Phuong Le