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Slut Club

SLUT CLUB is a deliciously daring documentary short film chronicling Ms T’s Slut Club, a pole dancing show for women and the LGBTQIA+ community, celebrating the divine feminine and sacred sexuality in all of us.

SLUT CLUB exemplifies the vital role that radical safe spaces play in today's society. These spaces offer a sense of belonging, community, and safety, allowing individuals to explore their identities authentically without fear of judgment or discrimination.

At its core, SLUT CLUB promotes diverse and queer joy as a form of resistance, recognising that “joy becomes resistance against a system that has the purpose of preventing it.” In a world where LGBTQ+ individuals and marginalised bodies still face oppression, spaces like Ms T's Slut Club provide a vital platform for self-expression and community building.

  • Zoey Black
    Director
    The Trans (R)evolution, Runway
  • Zoey Black
    Producer
    The Trans (R)evolution, Runway
  • Zoey Black
    Cinematorgraher
    The Trans (R)evolution, Runway
  • Zoey Black
    Editor
    The Trans (R)evolution, Runway
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Drama, LGBT
  • Runtime:
    22 minutes 18 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 20, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    400 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    South Africa
  • Country of Filming:
    South Africa
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.90
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Encounters South African International Documentary Festival
    Cape Town
    South Africa
    June 25, 2025
    World Premier
    Official Selection
  • Sex of the Nation Address
    Johannesburg
    South Africa
    August 24, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Margins For Error
    Johannesburg
    South Africa
    November 22, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Pan Africa ILGA Conference
    Johannesburg
    South Africa
    November 26, 2025
    Official Selection
  • CREA Reconference
    Kathmandu
    Nepal
    December 9, 2025
    South Asia Premier
    Official Selection
  • Joburg Film Festival
    Johannesburg
    South Africa
    March 11, 2026
    Official Selection
  • Out Film Festival
    Nairobi
    Kenya
    June 17, 2026
    North African Premier
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Zoey Black

Zoey Black is a queer renaissance and culture architect.

She is the foremost documentarian of Ballroom and queer culture in Cape Town, South Africa, working in collaborative practice to archive the queer community with dignity, care, and cultural accountability.

As a disabled, indigenous, queer, transgender woman of colour, her unique work is focused on using creative mediums and cultural platforms as vehicles for social change and is dedicated to advancing queer human rights around the world.

She is the Founder and Executive Director of Gamut 1, a non-profit organisation and creative firm which uses media, culture and research as mechanisms for embodied self-efficacy, resilience, and joy.

In addition to her non-profit work, Zoey founded the House of Black, which serves trans, femme and intersectional storytelling through visual production, cultural archiving and independent publishing. The House of Black is her love letter to the gays and girls.

Zoey has presented numerous screenings, workshops and discussions at at local and international conferences, festivals and events, including the ILGA World Conference, Pan Africa ILGA, CREA reConference, Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival, FAME Week Africa, University of Cape Town Film Society, and Open Book Festival South Africa, amongst many others.

She is an alumni of the Berlinale Co-Production Market’s programme (Berlin), Doc Society’s Queer Now lab (New York), Rough Cut Lab Africa’s Filmmaker Programme (Johannesburg) and the International Documentary Film Amsterdam’s IDFAcadmey (Amsterdam).

Zoey Black’s work can be found here: www.zoeyblack.com
More about Gamut 1 can be found here: www.gamut1.org

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Director Statement

SLUT CLUB began as collaboration between myself and Tiina O’Connor, the owner and instructor at South Pole Studios. We set out to shoot some content for promotional purposes for Ms T’s Slut Club pole dancing show, and I quickly realised that there was a deeper and profoundly life-changing story here. It began as a whisper, a quiet questioning of the labels we assign and the boxes we force people and communities into, particularly concerning sexuality and identity.

As a producer and director, I‘m drawn to stories that have the potential to affect social change and advancing the discourse on queer human rights around the world. With SLUT CLUB, I felt a deep urgency to create a space on screen where labels and stereotypes could be challenged, deconstructed, and ultimately, transcended.

This film is about authentic celebration and fostering empathy and understanding for the complexities of diverse human experience. We live in a world quick to judge and slow to listen, often reducing individuals to simplistic and damaging stereotypes. SLUT CLUB aims to disrupt this narrative by exploring the what it means to live fully present in your own body and claim you sexual power.

My intention was to create a sexy and visually compelling piece that reflected the feel and experience of Ms T’s Slut Club pole dancing show, while crafting an engaging and emotionally resonant story that invites dialogue and introspection.

Ultimately, SLUT CLUB is a call for celebration and a rejection of shame. It's an invitation to look beyond the surface of our own prejudices, to recognise the shared humanity that lies beneath societal constructs, and to embrace the multifaceted nature of sexuality and identity.

I hope this film sparks conversations that lead to a more inclusive and compassionate world.