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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0094922661210
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Label: High Banks Entertainment Ltd. & CBC Newsworld
Manufacturer: High Banks Entertainment Ltd. & CBC Newsworld
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: High Banks Entertainment Ltd. & CBC Newsworld
Release Date: December 21, 2006
Running Time: 50 minutes
Sales Rank: 61212
Studio: High Banks Entertainment Ltd. & CBC Newsworld
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Description:
Jordan Clark's tragic documentary provides a glimpse into Thailand's notorious and booming sex tourism industry through the experiences of a 19-year-old bar girl named Pla. Working in the bars from the age of thirteen, Pla has managed to avoid selling her body--a remarkable revelation given her surroundings--but her refusal to take part in this all-too-common profession for young Thai women cannot last. The introduction of falangs, or foreigners, to Thailand has forever changed the city, the economy, the Thai people's lives and desires. A daring and unabashed look at a popular Western predilection through the eyes of one girl, this film challenges the accepted worldwide practice of sex tourism.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - This is Bull
Pla seems 100 percent real
but the voiceover in the story seems 100 percent bull
The film Maker.
He seems to have filmed it with a handicam I bet the Katoeys and Pla had no idea they were taking part in a money making operation.
He even complains when he has to pay a small "fine" to the Thai police who could just as easily, put him in the local jail, confiscated his equipment permenantly and eventually deported him for working without the correct permits( i think they should have)
but i doubt it actually happened.
Pla and the other players probably thought he was just a tourist with a camera who, eventually, would actually, pay.
Rating: - Problem 2
I ordered this product before December 1st actually it was shipped on Dec. 1st and I have no gotten it yet and I did not get a tracking code and I have no way of letting them know I have not gtten it and Im an Amazon Prime custumer
Rating:  - Bangkok Girl
This excellent, moving documentary mainly explores the life of Pla, a wonderful nineteen year old girl involved in the Bangkok sex trade. This film changed the way I think about tourists and Thailand. Through Jordan Clark's work we can understand the complexity of what is going in Bangkok, and also the glorious strength of young Pla.
Rating: - Bangkok Girl
I cannot believe that with so deep a subject matter we can be presented with such a complete lack of any understanding or comprehension . To add to this the production itself is very poorly exhibited. I've seen holiday home video's of vastly more interest. Jordan Clark should get a job filming televangelists as punishment.
Regards Michael Kent.
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