Pimp & Ho: Adventures in Queersploitation

PIMP & HO: ADVENTURES IN QUEERSPLOITATION







	2001, Canada, Video, 9 mins. Inspired by the blaxsploitation films of the 70s, this campy short blatantly focuses on issues of gender,sexualityand film genre. The video follows Jonny Pimp and Honey Ho as they fight to keep the “gayborhood” safe from the drug-dealing, heterosexual Big Daddy and his goons.

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writer/director/producer - mark kenneth woods camera/editor/producer - robert-john farrow original music - dickey doo for dixmix productions jonny pimp - mark kenneth woods honey ho - cotton baby dj - dickey doo big daddy - bruce walkinshaw ladybug - alison maddaugh drug dealer - bradley congram big daddy’s girls - kandy kerrisdale, shayna shaughnessy big daddy’s goon - tracey bell special thanks to tracey bell thanks to michael venus the house of venus michael buchanan clubcard peter and vicki Kerasiotis stacy kerasiotis michelle rogers anne and ken woods v tape © 2001 mark kenneth woods

Premiere: wayoutwest.tv, Web Broadcast, 2001 Broadcast: * wayoutwest.tv, Web Broadcast, 2001 * "wayoutwest.tv", Series, Pridevision TV, 2002 (Canada) * "Zed", Series, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), 2004 (Canada) Sreenings: * Bloomington Pride Film festival 2006 (Bloomington, Indiana) * Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2005 @ Honolulu Academy of Arts * Tokyo International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2003 * Reelout: Kingston Gay & Lesbian film Festival 2003 (Ontario) * Pridefest 2003: Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Utah) * Verzaubert 2002: International Queer Film Festival - Berlin * Verzaubert 2002: International Queer Film Festival - Munich * Verzaubert 2002: International Queer Film Festival – Hamburg * Verzaubert 2002: International Queer Film Festival – Frankfurt * Verzaubert 2002: International Queer Film Festival - Cologne * Long Island Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2002 * Outtakes: Dallas Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2002 * Austin Gay and Lesbian International film Festival 2002 * Outonscreen: Vancouver Queer film Festival 2002 * Gay Pride 2002 Film Festival (Sudbury, ON) * Chicago Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2002 * "Venuscope 02", Pacific Cinematheques 2002 (Vancouver)