Editor 's Note : The staff at CNN.com has recently been intrigued by the journalism of VICE , an independent media company and Web site based in Brooklyn , New York . VBS.TV is broadband television network of VICE . The reports , which are produced solely by VICE , reflect a transparent approach to journalism , where viewers are taken along on every step of the reporting process . We believe this unique reporting approach is worthy of sharing with our CNN.com readers . Brooklyn , New York ( VBS.TV ) -- For the launch of VICE magazine in Mexico , we decided to make an entire issue about Mexico , written entirely by Mexicans . At the same time , we came up with the idea of producing a parallel version of that issue in video for VBS.TV and populate our site with documentaries about Mexico , local artists , local musicians and beautiful Mexican girls for the entire month . Since then , we repeated the same concept when we launched the magazine in Brazil , and we produced an entire month of content about China during the Olympics . Producer Santiago Stelley and I spent a few weeks in Mexico City producing an hour-long documentary about nighttime crime photographers , interviewing some of the best bands and artists in the city and shooting a project about B movies inspired by the lives of drug traffickers . A couple of days before Mother 's Day , I got to spend a few days at an amazing place called Casa Xochiquetzal ( The House of the Beautiful Flowers ) , a retirement home for older prostitutes in Tepito , one of the sketchiest neighborhoods in the city . I went there with Guillermo Rivero , who wrote the print version of the article , and I produced the documentary version of the same story . The house has a minimum age requirement of 60 and can accommodate up to 45 women . Right now , there are only 23 retired ladies of the night living there . The majority of them continue working , because there are still people who want to pay to have sex with them . See the rest of House of the Setting Sun at VBS.TV . We had the opportunity to meet some of the women that live there , such as 86-year-old Reyna , who sang for us and told us stories of her youth , and Lourdes , a childless widow in her 60s who is still turning tricks . We met Canela , a woman in her 80s who was soft spoken and looked incredibly tired . She had stopped working just a few years ago and now sells candies for a living . Finally , we spent some time with Paola , a 61-year-old who is still a sex worker and hopes to continue working for as many years as she can . We ended up spending Mother 's Day with them at what was perhaps the most bittersweet party I 've attended . The women were dancing and eating and drinking punch together , they joked around and seemed to be having a great time . But at some point , Paola started talking to me about her sons , whom she has n't seen in years and never really visit her . She also talked about the kids of many of the other women in the house -- none of them present at this party -- to celebrate motherhood . Most of these women actually ended up becoming prostitutes to support their children as their only means of survival . I think the work that this house and its director Rosalba Rios do -- as weird and unusual as it may seem -- is incredibly valuable . Spending Mother 's Day with these brave women forever changed they way l look at prostitution and without a doubt has been one of the most intense parties I 've ever attended .
VBS.TV visits home for elderly prostitutes in sketchy Mexico City neighborhood . The women are often forced to work as prostitutes, and some have been beaten or even killed by their pimps. Crew attended bittersweet Mother 's Day party with residents .