Directed by:
Gloria KimScreenplay:
Gloria KimComposer:
Stephen KreckloCast:
Shaun Benson, Samora Smallwood, Soma Chhaya, Tina Jung, Joshua Peace, Zahra Bentham, Aaliyah Cinello, Paul Constable, Alex Woods, Jesse LaVercombe (more)Plots(1)
Tina Jung gives a moving performance as Debra, a mother struggling to balance maintaining her dignity with the needs of her daughter, Mona, and her love for Mona's semi-absent addict father. Queen of the Morning Calm is a refreshing and triumphant presentation of a young woman’s resolve to escape a seemingly interminable cycle of poverty and abuse - a cycle that sadly dominates the experience of so many immigrant sex workers in Canada. It holds the potential to stimulate meaningful conversations about the exploitation of sex workers that has become rampant in Canada in recent years. (Whistler Film Festival)
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Shaun Benson
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Samora Smallwood
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Soma Chhaya
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Joshua Peace
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Zahra Bentham
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