Hookers on Davie

1984
1h 28m

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Filmmakers Holly Dale and Janis Cole explore the culture of Davie Street, located in the underbelly of Vancouver, where dozens of prostitutes work and live every day. Surprisingly, they find... Read allFilmmakers Holly Dale and Janis Cole explore the culture of Davie Street, located in the underbelly of Vancouver, where dozens of prostitutes work and live every day. Surprisingly, they find that the sex trade there is stable and largely non-violent, and that the women who work o... Read allFilmmakers Holly Dale and Janis Cole explore the culture of Davie Street, located in the underbelly of Vancouver, where dozens of prostitutes work and live every day. Surprisingly, they find that the sex trade there is stable and largely non-violent, and that the women who work on Davie Street meet daily to discuss safety and health issues and don't use pimps. The fil... Read all

Directors
- Janis Cole
- Holly Dale
Writers
- Janis Cole
- Holly Dale

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7.4/10

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Directors
- Janis Cole
- Holly Dale
Writers
- Janis Cole
- Holly Dale

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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7lmyles

Interesting..

Saw this on the Documentary Channel recently and thought it was pretty good. Davie Street in Vancouver is quite different now and it was interesting to see how things once were. I remember going down there as a kid to oogle the hookers there. So sad to see the kids my age being there. Characters were interesting and I was wishing I knew what had become of them since the film was made. The subjects in the movie gave a pretty good indication what life on the street was like then, and were surprisingly coherent.

7/10!

mbrand20022002

Emotional Documentary

I too got to see the Hookers on Davie St months ago before I moved to my new location and this is one documentary that shows you what Davie St. was like back in the early 1980's. Today it looks cleaner but back then it looked like a seedy street you would see on crime shows. It's very unlikely some of these prostitutes are still living but they may be some that has changed their lives and pretty much are living better lives than they did back then. I hope they may one day an update on these original prostitutes and see where are they now. Still the documentary was watchable to see especially this one transvestite having a fit that even Big Bird can't never duplicate.