

Handel meets sex work in lockdown — an 8-minute fever dream you'll never forget.
A poem about sex work in the age of COVID to the music of Handel. Let me weep over my cruel fate, and let me sigh for liberty.
Direction
Greyson weaponizes baroque opera against pandemic despair.
Cinematography
Cramped spaces rendered visually operatic.
Writing
Poetic text that refuses easy catharsis.

Director
John Greyson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Greyson's '21 Short Films About COVID-19' series, shot entirely on iPhone during Toronto's first lockdown.
The title quotes 19th-century anti-vice campaigns against 'prurient' materials — reclaimed here as badge of honor.