Ecstasy Unlimited: The Interpenetrations of Sex and Capital
Director Laura Kipnis
Year 1985
Running Time 59:54
Comments: A series of video vignettes that demonstrate how sex and the
market are related.
Emergence
Director Pratibha Parmar
Year 1986
Subject Documentary
Language English
Running Time 18 minutes
Distributor Women Make Movies
Comments: Common themes of identity, alienation and herstory in the context
of the diasporan experience emerge in this powerful tape. Four Black and Third
World women artists, among them African American feminist poet Audre Lorde and
Palestinian performance artist Mona Hatoum, speak forcefully through their art
and writing.
Entre Nous
Director Diane Kurys
Year 1983
Subject Feature Film
Language French with English subtitles
Running Time 112 minutes
Distributor Fox Lorber Home Video
Comments Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, Entre Nous
beautifully captures the rare friendship between two married women trying to
find the courage to defy the social rules of their time in order to escape
unfulfilling lives. Their friendship blossoms over the Years as each faces a
succession of crises that greatly alter their lives. Written and directed by
Diane Kurys who was inspired by her own parent's relationship and the woman
that came between them.
Erotique
Director Clara Law
Year 1994
Subject Anthology/Erotic Short Films
Language English
Running Time 120 minutes
Distributor Fox Lorber
Comments: Four leading and award-winning international filmmakers create a
highl-charged anthology of erotic short films told from a female point-of-view.
Lizzie Borden's Let's Talk About Sex is an uncompromising look at an aspiring
young actress working as a phone sex operator who dramatically redefines the
powers of sexual dynamics when she gets a caller to listen to her fantasies.
Taboo Parlor by Monika Trent is an outrageous story about a lesbian couple who
decide to pick up a man, leading to a night of uncontrollable desires where
only the strong survive. A young teacher attacked on a train begins a sexual
relationship with her rescuer allowing her hidden emotions to rise to a
feverish frenzy in Ana Maria Magalhaes' Final Call. Two college lovers reunite
in Hong Kong where they discover their different cultures have caused them to
grow apart. Determined to prove these obstacles can be overcome, the boy
prepares an evening of gourmet food and ancient Chinese sexual techniques in
Clara Law's funny and bold Wonton Soup.
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