| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| HTA ID | HTA-0483 |
| Title | Whore's Glory — Michael Glawogger Documentary |
| Date | 2012 |
| Date Confidence | HIGH — "Whore's Glory" screened at Pacific Film Archive in 2012; film released 2011 |
| Program | KRON 4 News Weekend |
| Station | KRON-TV, Channel 4, San Francisco |
| Duration | ~4:00 (estimated) |
| Format | Studio interview |
Henry interviews Austrian filmmaker Michael Glawogger about his documentary "Whore's Glory," an observational film about prostitution in three countries (Thailand, Bangladesh, and Mexico). The piece is part of Glawogger's globalization trilogy. Henry navigates the sensitive subject with characteristic directness: "It is of course almost a, well it is a cliché that prostitution is the oldest occupation."
Glawogger explains his approach: "All three of those films are like observational artistic documentaries... it's not like this kind of message-driven thing. It's really, you see the everyday life." The film was screening at the Pacific Film Archive.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| People | Henry Tenenbaum (Reporter), Michael Glawogger (Filmmaker) |
| Organizations | KRON-TV, Pacific Film Archive |
| Locations | KRON studio; Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley |
| Subjects | Documentary film, prostitution, globalization, observational cinema |
| Themes | Hidden lives, globalization, moral complexity, observational art |
| Tone | Serious, curious, non-judgmental |
"It is of course almost a, well it is a cliché that prostitution is the oldest occupation."
"All three of those films are like observational artistic documentaries... it's not like this kind of message-driven thing."
Studio interview. Glawogger (1959–2014) was an acclaimed Austrian filmmaker who died while shooting his next documentary in Liberia. "Whore's Glory" was the final film in his globalization trilogy (after "Megacities" and "Workingman's Death"). Henry's willingness to cover this subject on a morning show speaks to KRON's editorial flexibility.
| Type | Reference |
|---|---|
| Theme | Documentary film — connects to Sutro Baths documentary |
| Theme | Difficult subjects treated with respect — Nazi piece (HTA-0456) |
| Theme | International/global stories |
| Era | KRON San Francisco period (late) |
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Transcript source | Whore's+Glory.txt |
| Video source | Not located |
| Storage location | Transcript: local (/KRON/) |
| Analysis mode | Transcript Only |
| Date analyzed | 2026-07-05 |
| Access notes | Partial transcript. |
Michael Glawogger (1959–2014) was one of Austria's most important documentary filmmakers. His death from malaria while filming in Liberia was a major loss to world cinema. "Whore's Glory" won the Venice Film Festival's Special Jury Prize. This interview demonstrates Henry's range — covering serious international documentary cinema on a local morning show, and doing so with appropriate gravity and intellectual engagement.