Reminiscent of Sunset Boulevard, the action is transposed from the silver screen’s old backlots to contemporary male prostitution and the pornographic industry.

Sleaze Factory and Desire in Motion are teaming up for a sizzlingly sexy 30th anniversary screening of Bruce LaBruce’s HUSTLER WHITE preceded by Kalil Haddad’s THE TAKING OF JORDAN (ALL AMERICAN BOY). 

When lovesick anthropologist Jürgen Anger (Bruce LaBruce) – no relation to Kenneth – arrives in Los Angeles to research hustling, he falls head over heels for the gorgeously hunky Montgomery Ward (Tony Ward). HUSTLER WHITE is a strange and wonderful odyssey that pays tribute to the opulence of classic Hollywood cinema, trading the glamour of the silver screen for a raw, rugged tour of the sex work and porn industries of the 1990s. The film is a beautifully-shot concoction of romance and sexual desire that, as queer film historian and programmer Liz Purchell notes, is “practically a[n Agnès] Varda film in how LaBruce and [Rick] Castro weave a fictional story into their ethnographic exploration of Santa Monica’s kink and hustling scenes.” -JACOB CREPEAULT 

This screening will include a post-screening discussion with filmmakers Bruce LaBruce and Kalil Haddad moderated by Weird Alice and a pre-show performance by drag king Randy Roy. 

This screening is supported by The ArQuives, who will be in the Paradise lobby showcasing historical materials surrounding queer film in Toronto as well as materials from LaBruce’s work.

Doors Open 30 Minutes Before Showtime.