''Inside Lara Roxx'' is a 2011

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Canadian documentary film by Canadian film director Mia Donovan. It covers the circumstances of a 21-year-old Canadian woman Lara Roxx who in the Spring of 2004, left her hometown

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heading to

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to work in

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. Within two months she contracted

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after shooting an unprotected sex scene with two men. It was revealed that one of the two men, porn actor Darren James, was HIV positive. The film did well critically. In 2012, it was nominated for a

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for Best Documentary.

Synopsis

The film's director Mia Donovan documents Roxx's life in the 5-year period following her diagnosis. Donovan meets her in a psychiatric ward in Montreal suffering from

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. The film covers Roxx's return to L.A. and

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to reconnect with the industry, her appearance on ''

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'', her attempt to establish a foundation for the protection of sex workers, and her crack addiction and entry into rehab. The film has interviews with a number of Roxx's former associates – porn agents, porn actors and actresses like

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, Dick Nasty,

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and Anita Cannibal. The film also interviews the doctor who diagnosed her HIV, and her parents.

Screenings and awards

The film had its world premiere at

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, Toronto's international documentary film festival under "Canadian Spectrum" section on 5, 6 and 8 May 2011. The film placed second in the Bacchus Award for best feature at the

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. It also won Documentary on Society and Humanity at the 2011 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival. In 2012 the film was nominated for a

for Best Documentary.

References

External links

EyeSteelFilm website: ''Inside Lara Roxx'' film page
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Synopsis

Screenings and awards

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