Hey reddit, we're Andrea & Nicole. Our new film, MODERN WHORE, is a hybrid-documentary that explores Andrea's time as a sex worker in Toronto (based on her memoir and the 2020 short film of the same time).
It premiered at TIFF last year and is out in select theaters soon.
We're here to answer your questions 🙂
Here's the trailer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3TXfR-G75k
Synopsis/TIFF write-up:
An impassioned and insightful rebuttal to the assumptions, misconceptions, and faulty representations that surround sex work and sex workers, Modern Whore may also be the most audacious and engaging movie ever made about the oldest profession.
Successfully expanding on their 2020 short film and book of the same name, director Nicole Bazuin and subject and co-writer Andrea Werhun take viewers on a very eventful journey through Werhun’s experiences as an escort and exotic dancer, a career she began when she was a university student in Toronto. As Werhun recounts with great flair and frankness in the film’s stylized, fourth-wall-breaking re-enactments, there were many lessons to be learned and challenges to be faced, including the lack of protection from toxic clients and her own internalized versions of the shame that society associates with female pleasure and the sex industry.
Ask us anything! We will be back tomorrow Tuesday 4/28 at about 4 PM ET to answer your questions.
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6 Comments
Is this movie rated PG? Can I bring my 6 year old to see it?
What provincial or federal legislative changes would you most like to see to better protect sex workers in Canada? Are there specific aspects of the current legal framework, like PCEPA the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, Canada’s current law) that you’d prioritize reforming?
And for those of us who want to help at a local level, what’s the most meaningful action an everyday person can take right now?
Hi Andrea- what led you to sex work and how has your experience impacted how you feel about the field?
Nicole- what got you interested in Andrea’s story?
What about the process of shaping a documentary film do you wish more people knew about?
Did you team up with an industry producer to make this, or did you self finance? Did you have a distribution plan in place beforehand or are you fielding offers post festival run?
Hi Andrea and Nicole, thanks for joining us!
What was it like premiering at TIFF? Any cool moments/highlights from that? Must be sick since the film was also made/based off of Toronto.
How excited were you when you got the acceptance haha?