Black & White & Sex is a 2011 feature film produced by Melissa Beauford

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. It is the directorial debut of John Winter

John Winter (producer)

John Winter is an Australian film and television writer, director and producer. He is best known for producing Rabbit-Proof Fence, Doing Time for Patsy Cline and Paperback Hero. His directorial debut Black & White & Sex premiered at the 2011 Sydney Film Festival.- Career :Winter began his career at...

, best known as the Producer of Rabbit Proof Fence

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, Paperback Hero

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 and Doing Time for Patsy Cline

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. The film premiered at the Sydney Film Festival

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 in June 2011.

Development

Black & White & Sex follows a film-within-a-film structure. The entire 94 minutes is a two hander interview between a documentary filmmaker and a sex worker, Angie. Eight different facets of Angie's personality is exposed by eight actresses: Katherine Hicks, Anya Beyersdorf

Anya Beyersdorf

Anya Beyersdorf is an Australian actress, born in Armidale, New South Wales.Beyersdorf trained in acting and directing in the theatres of Berlin after winning the Marten Bequest Prize for Acting for 2008/2009, working under Bulgarian master director Dimiter Gotscheff on the play – The Powder Keg at...

, Valerie Bader, Roxane Wilson, Michelle Vergara Moore, Dina Panozzo, Saskia Burmeister

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 and Maia Thomas.

As the name suggests, Black & White & Sex is shot entirely in black and white.

Synopsis

A filmmaker (Matthew Holmes) is shooting a documentary about sex. He interviews a sex worker, Angie. As she reveals herself, layer-by-layer, she also exposes the man who is interviewing her…

Production

Black & White & Sex was shot using a four camera set up. Each scene was rehearsed before the shoot, but not on the day of the shoot. This meant the actors were "free to roam and be very much in the moment”.

Future

Black & White & Sex premiered at the Sydney Film Festival

Sydney Film Festival

The Sydney Film Festival is an annual film festival held in the Australian city of Sydney and is held over 12 days in June. The competitive film festival draws international and local attention, with films being showcased in several venues across the city centre and includes features,...

 on Saturday 18 June 2011. It has been listed by several bloggers and publications as one of the top 5 film's that must be seen at the Festival. It has been picked up by distributor Titan View

Titan View

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who will release the film late 2011.