Through interviews with young Burmese prostitutes,
Sacrifice examines some of the sociocultural forces-poverty, sexism, and family obligations-at work behind the Thai sex industry. The interviews themselves are of great interest; girls and young women speak frankly and sometimes heartbreakingly about the choices they have had to make and about their lives and the conditions of their work. Unfortunately, little background is given either on current political and social forces or on the long history of the sex industry itself. The interviews are intercut with dreamy scenes of village life, city streets, and brothel interiors, which do little to contribute to our understanding of the issues and lengthen the film considerably.
The interviews, shown to students who are familiar with some of the cultural and historical issues at hand, can serve to personalize what might otherwise be considered a distant tragedy. The film would probably work best in college-level women's studies and anthropology classes and might also be of interest to mature high schoolers
