Genie award-winning filmmakers Janis Cole and Holly Dale produced, directed, wrote and edited their joint seminal feature documentaries; P4W: Prison for Women, Hookers on Davie and Calllng the Shots. In 1994 they were recipients of the Toronto Arts Award for Media Art.

Cole won the Writer's Guild of Canada Top Ten Award for her CBC movie of the week Dangerous Offender, with Dale directing. She also wrote about film for publications including POV and Montage, and reviewed films for NOW magazine.

Her work in film and television has spanned six decades and resulted in more than a dozen critically acclaimed documentaries, dramas, experimental shorts, installations and videos. A common theme running through her work is empathy for the human condition in all walks of life.

A 4K and 4kUHD restoration of Hookers on Davie is being produced by Toronto's Canadian International Pictures for a special fortieth anniversary blu-ray release.

Cole's films are available through Vtape, an internationally renowned artist-run centre in downtown Toronto and include P4W: Prison For Women (1981), Hookers on Davie (1984), Calling the Shots (1988), Shaggie: Letters From Prison (1990) and Bowie: One In A Million (1999).

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