Starlet (2012)

Besedka Johnson, left, and Dree Hemingway in Starlet. Music Box Films

Almost every Sean Baker film involves some element of investigating sex work, always empathetically and evenhandedly.

Baker and co-writer Chris Bergoch came up with the concept for the Mikey Saber character in Red Rocket while doing research for Starlet, when they realized how many male actors live off of female talent.

Starlet follows Jane (Dree Hemingway), a 21-year-old adult film star who strikes up an unlikely friendship with 85-year-old Sadie (Besedka Johnson).

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