Sweetheart Deal (2024)
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Director: Elisa Levine, Gabriel Miller Run Time: 99 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2022
Country: United States
Language: English
About the film:
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature, 2023 Slamdance Film Festival. Four sex workers caught in the spiral of addiction turn to a self-proclaimed healer offering friendship and a path to salvation from the streets of Seattle. But just as they begin to rebuild their lives, a shocking betrayal comes to light that will change them all.
“An astounding feat of documentary filmmaking”
—Josiah Teal for Film Threat
About the filmmakers:
Elisa Levine is a Seattle-based filmmaker with a passion for exploring subcultures hidden in plain sight using verité storytelling. Notably, Levine served as lead researcher on Robinson Devor’s haunting documentary Zoo (2007), featured at Sundance and Cannes. Levine’s work has screened at numerous festivals, including Seattle International Film Festival, Slamdance, and BendFilm, garnering multiple jury and audience awards.
Gabriel Miller (1972 – 2019) was an award-winning cinematographer and director. Miller worked with a number of Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmakers, including Cynthia Wade, Sari Gilman, and Liz Garbus. Miller’s cinematography credits include the 2019 Peabody award winning HBO documentary A Dangerous Son; the Oscar-nominated King’s Point (2012); and Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines (2012), which aired on PBS.
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