INSIDE LARA ROXX
Directed by Mia Donovan
In the Spring of 2004, 21-year-old Lara Roxx left her hometown of Montreal and headed to L.A to try and make a ton of cash in the adult entertainment industry. Within two months of working in this industry she contracted the most virulent form of HIV while performing sex in front of the camera. Inside Lara Roxx is a feature-length-documentary about the events leading up to that scene and the years after it- it is about the adult movie industry and its impact on a young life. Lara Roxx was hired legally and both men she had sex with tested negative for HIV—paperwork to this effect was presented to Roxx prior to shooting the scene. Miss Roxx’s story created a media sensation, but it’s when the media hype dies that Inside Lara Roxx begins – in a psychiatric ward in Montreal. Inside Lara Roxx follows this unlikely young woman through a tumultuous 5-year period as she struggles to build a new identity and find hope in the wake of her past.
INSIDE LARA ROXX opens this Friday, November 25 in Montréal at CINEMA PARALLELE (Ex-Centris: 3536 Boul. St-Laurent)
Screens everyday at 3:10 PM and 7:15 PM except Monday. There will be Q&A sessions on the opening weekend 7:15 PM screenings with filmmaker Mia Donovan and the production team.
Watch director Mia Donovan and Lara Roxx on TOUT LE MONDE EN PARLE here
