Hookers on Davie
Appearance
Hookers on Davie | |
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Directed by | Janis Cole Holly Dale |
Written by | Janis Cole Holly Dale |
Produced by | Janis Cole Holly Dale |
Cinematography | Nesya Blue Paul Mitchnick |
Edited by | Janis Cole Holly Dale |
Production company | Spectrum Films |
Distributed by | Pan-Canadian Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Hookers on Davie is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Janis Cole and Holly Dale and released in 1984.[1] A portrait of a number of women, both cisgender and transgender, who work as prostitutes on Davie Street in Vancouver, British Columbia,[2] the film profiles them in the context of the early campaign to "clean up" the street during the mayoralty of Mike Harcourt.[3]
The film premiered at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto, Ontario on April 5, 1984.[1]
The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985.[4] It also won the award for Best Documentary at the 1984 Chicago International Film Festival.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Carole Corbeil, "Filmmakers provide hookers with a voice". The Globe and Mail, March 30, 1984.
- ^ Judith Finlayson, "A tragic tale of street life". The Globe and Mail, May 19, 1984.
- ^ a b Jeremy Hainsworth, "Back when the West End had sex worker strolls". Daily Xtra, June 17, 2009.
- ^ Jay Scott, "Bay Boy reels in 11 Genie nominations". The Globe and Mail, February 15, 1985.
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Categories:
- 1984 films
- 1984 documentary films
- 1984 LGBT-related films
- Documentary films about prostitution in Canada
- Transgender-related documentary films
- Documentary films about Vancouver
- Films directed by Janis Cole and Holly Dale
- Women in British Columbia
- English-language Canadian films
- 1980s English-language films
- 1980s Canadian films
- Canadian LGBT-related documentary films
- 1980s Canadian film stubs
- 1980s documentary film stubs
- Canadian documentary film stubs