Hookers on Davie

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Hookers on Davie
Directed by Janis Cole
Holly Dale
Written byJanis Cole
Holly Dale
Produced byJanis Cole
Holly Dale
CinematographyNesya Blue
Paul Mitchnick
Edited byJanis Cole
Holly Dale
Production
company
Spectrum Films
Distributed byPan-Canadian Film Distributors
Release date
Running time
88 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Carole Corbeil, "Filmmakers provide hookers with a voice". The Globe and Mail , March 30, 1984.
  2. ↑ Judith Finlayson, "A tragic tale of street life". The Globe and Mail , May 19, 1984.
  3. 1 2 Jeremy Hainsworth, "Back when the West End had sex worker strolls". Daily Xtra , June 17, 2009.
  4. ↑ Jay Scott, "Bay Boy reels in 11 Genie nominations". The Globe and Mail , February 15, 1985.


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