The Job 15 min | color | 4k | stereo | 2024

An exploration of the erotic archive of Canadian photographer and entrepreneur John Phillips who worked in the 1990s for gay male magazines in the USA. The film chronicles the impact of the AIDS pandemic on the photographer’s life at the dawn of the digital revolution. An intimate portrait of an artist and an industry at the edge of transformation during a tumultuous time in history

The Job premiered at NewFest in NYC. The short documentary also played at Queer Screen/Mardi Gras Film Festival in Australia, Inside Out and Image+Nation in Canada, Way OUT West Film Fest, Reeling and Conversations at the Edge in the USA. More screenings to come…

Teaser for THE JOB

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