Sweet Street follows the life of Isabella, A sex worker in the north of England. We explore the mind and day to day of a women working in the “managed zone” and how working on the Sweet Street there is no real happy ending.
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The people behind it
Ariadna Cabrol
Isabella
Philip Hill-Pearson
Mark
Kimberley Barrett
Kayleigh
Bobby Hirston
Tony
Tony Fadil
Curt Faulkner
Lover Boy
Sassy Laher Couple
Arguing Couple Next Door
Lilybella Bayliss
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