Jezebel (2019 film)

Jezebel is a 2019 semi-autobiographical drama film written and directed by Numa Perrier and starring actress Tiffany Tenille.

Sabrina lives out of a daily rental and supports her entire family including her older boyfriend, her younger brother Dominic, and her daughter Juju, through phone sex work.

After their mother dies, Sabrina's boyfriend begins to complain that Tiffany doesn't contribute financially to the household.

Tiffany is immediately accepted as a cam girl and Vicky, who has been working for the company since its inception, shows her how to fake graphic acts for the camera.

Sabrina is encouraging of the work and Tiffany quickly settles into the routine of performing sexual acts in front of a camera, using the stage name Jezebel.

Because she is a top earner, two porn stars offer her a job working for them with a much higher base pay and a promise to ban any customer who racially abuses her.

Tiffany returns to her former place of employment to collect her last check to find Vicky and her brother desperate to hire her back.

It’s one of the few cases where the story of a black woman engaged in sex work is shown with a frank, matter-of-fact quality without shame, titillation or unchallenged acceptance of race fetishes.