Happy Endings?

Happy Endings?

74 mins | Documentary | March 1, 2009

An intriguing exploration of the Asian massage parlor industry in Providence, RI, where a 25 year-old loophole has made the exchange of sex for money legal - as long as it happens behind closed doors. As the documentary follows a recent Korean immigrant, "Heather", working to operate her spa, the city's mayor fights to change the law that allows her business a legal existence. The film includes interviews with Korean women who work in spas, clients who frequent the spas, politicians from 1980 and today, police, local news footage, radio call-in shows and "voiced" reviews from inter-net escort review boards.

Happy Endings?

74 mins | Documentary | March 1, 2009

Happy Endings?
An intriguing exploration of the Asian massage parlor industry in Providence, RI, where a 25 year-old loophole has made the exchange of sex for money legal - as long as it happens behind closed doors. As the documentary follows a recent Korean immigrant, "Heather", working to operate her spa, the city's mayor fights to change the law that allows her business a legal existence. The film includes interviews with Korean women who work in spas, clients who frequent the spas, politicians from 1980 and today, police, local news footage, radio call-in shows and "voiced" reviews from inter-net escort review boards.
Producers
Original title Happy Endings?
Directors Tara Hurley
Writers Tara Hurley

Cast

David Cicilline

as Himself

Steven Brown

as Himself

Joanne Giannini

as Herself

Donna M. Hughes

as Herself

Michael A. LoCicero

as Monger (voice)

Rhoda Perry

as Herself

Dennis Roberts

as Himself