''Not Angels But Angels'' is a 1994
documentary film about teenage boys and young men in
Prague working as
prostitutes
Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penet ...
, primarily there and also in other European cities in the region. The creator of the documentary, Wiktor Grodecki interviews the hustlers, who give ages ranging from 14 to 20 years, to find out more about their lives and how they came to make a living by selling sex. The film explores their hopes and fears, what they hope to be doing in the future, and coping with the possibility of being infected with
HIV. The film also presents comments by a man who arranges liaisons between tourists and young male hustlers in the Prague central train station. The conversations are in a mix of Czech with English subtitles, and English.
The film is the first of Grodecki's trilogy of films about
male prostitution, the other two being ''
Body Without Soul
''Body Without Soul'' ( cs, Tělo bez duše) is a 1996 documentary film about a number of 14- to 17-year-old boys in Prague working as Male prostitution, prostitutes. The creator of the documentary, Wiktor Grodecki, interviews the boys about thei ...
'' and ''
Mandragora'', and was shown at the
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival in 1995.
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1994 films
1990s Czech-language films
Czech LGBT-related films
Works about prostitution in the Czech Republic
Documentary films about male prostitution
1994 documentary films
1994 LGBT-related films
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