Glasgow Refugee and Asylum Network (GRAMNet) Normal

This artistic documentary brings the real life stories of male, female and transgender migrants working in the sex industry to the screen. Drawing on original interviews with people working in the sex industry in Albania, Italy and the UK, documentary director and anthropologist, Nicola Mai, reveals their unheard voices.

These voices often go against the grain of popular expectations that most migrant sex workers are exploited and forced to sell sex against their will. Confronting these attitudes, Normal uncovers a layered, human story of migration and sex work. What we hear are unexpected, disturbing, sometimes and often contradictory life stories. The viewer is continually challenged by the truth of their words, their dream and the lives that they lead. All the characters are portrayed by actors, guaranteeing the anonymity and safety of the original interviewees and emphasising the inherently performative nature of selves.