Jezebel 2020

Tiffany and her family gather in Las Vegas at the home of her elder sister Sabrina in 1998 as they wait for their sick mother to die. 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, painting a portrait of a fragile, improvised economy built on late-night calls and whispered confidences.

After their mother dies, Sabrina’s boyfriend begins to complain that Tiffany doesn’t contribute financially to the household. Sabrina finds an ad for cam girls and urges Tiffany to apply, lending her a wig to use that Sabrina nicknamed Jezebel. 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.

After her mother’s funeral Tiffany confides that her mother is dead to one of her customers, Bob. Tiffany and Bob develop a close relationship. Knowing that she is being monitored, Tiffany illicitly sends her phone number and her p.o. box address to Bob, who begins sending her gifts.

At her boyfriend’s behest Sabrina urges Tiffany to rent her own apartment. Tiffany is doing so well through her work that she is able to afford a weekly rental policy. However things begin to get more complicated for Tiffany. A customer calls her by a racial slur and her white co-workers refuse to take the incident seriously. After monitoring Tiffany and seeing that she is ignoring Bob, despite the fact that that is part of his fetish, Tiffany is fired.

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. Bob also promises to send her cash. Tiffany returns to her former place of employment to collect her last check to find Vicky and her brother desperate to hire her back. Knowing she has the upper-hand, Tiffany is able to negotiate and is given everything she wants.

Later, at home, Sabrina prepares Tiffany for her first face-to-face meeting with Bob. Tiffany thanks Sabrina for all that she has done to help her become independent and cries as Sabrina comforts her.