DOMestication is a film created by Kim Ye, directed by Maegan La Trese Philmore, and edited by Jessica Schilling. Inspired by the genre of bridal reality television, this piece chronicles Ye’s wedding to her partner through interviews with the artist, and her friends and family. In tracing the roots of Ye’s reluctance to wed, this film activates materials from her personal archives to traverse topics ranging from BDSM and ethical non-monogamy to immigration and intergenerational trauma. This film has a total running time of 38 minutes and has recently screened at Film Girl Film Festival (2022) and Disorient Film Festival (2022). DOMestication will be screened at the Roxie Theater as part of the 12th Biennial San Francisco Bay Area Sex Workers Film & Arts Festival.

The San Francisco Bay Area Sex Worker Film & Arts Festival has provided a forum for sex worker film and video makers since 1999. It has since become a vibrant venue for performances, workshops, visual arts, political organizing, skill sharing, and beyond for sex workers from the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world. The festival supports sex workers, friends, families, and allies by showcasing the work of sex worker artists. The Sex Worker Festival recognizes and honors prostitutes, dancers, porn performers, and other sex workers from diverse communities.

The Sex Worker Festival shares work on a national and international basis through an online movie archive, assisting in the curation of festivals around the world and through the distribution of literature about sex worker arts.