Four african women hoping for brighter futures find opportunityand tragedy working as prostitutes in belgium. It tells the story of four african womensisi, efe, ama, and joycebrought to antwerp by dele, a sex trafficker, for a steep price 30,000 euros each and made to work as prostitutes to pay off their debts to him. Watch the 1974 movie street sisters aka black hooker directed by arthur roberson. Sisi, ama, efe and joyce are prostitutes, the girls who stand in the windows of the redlight district.
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