My Son The Pornographer
Tuesday May 26 at 10 pm PT on CBC Newsworld
A man embarks on an emotional journey into the European porn industry to try and persuade his son to come home to Canada to face personal demons.
Director Art Holbrook with his stepson Kole Kerr in Prague
Art Holbrook wants to reconnect with his rebellious stepson Kole Kerr, but he's appalled by Kole's work as a writer and actor in porn films in Prague. Art thinks it's degrading and soul-destroying work, but he also sees a link between Kole's lifestyle and the sexual abuse he experienced as a young child.
A love story about a lost relationship between a father and a stepson, My Son The Pornographer captures the verbal combat between a father and son as they debate the past and present, and then journey back to Canada to confront Kole's abuse as a child. Art is shaken by what he learns, and after hiring a private investigator to find Kole's abuser, he discovers how close to violence he himself can come.
Movie poster
The film is a candid portrait of a painful father-and-son relationship that explores the stresses that can tear families apart and the tentative, and sometimes humorous, steps toward healing.
My Son The Pornographer was directed by Peter Campbell and produced by Gumboot Productions Inc. and Arthur Holbrook Productions Inc (Victoria, B.C.) in association with CBC Newsworld.
