Hot Girls Wanted

Director: Jill Bauer, Ronna Gradus

Institute History

  • 2015 Sundance Film Festival

Description

Thanks to the Internet, thousands of young American women are entering the "amateur" porn world, fulfilling a growing demand for girl-next-door starlets. Hot Girls Wanted follows one such girl, eager to leave small-town life in search of freedom and fame. With the click of a mouse she transforms from A-student to fledgling amateur actress. She initially feels independent and popular starring in professionally produced videos—uploaded on sites garnering an average of 41 million hits a month. But as she and some of her new friends fall deeper into the darker corners of the Internet, and as new faces arrive daily, they’re forced to reconsider an increasingly dubious line of work. Filmmakers Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus, along with producer Rashida Jones and partners from the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research, rip the lid off of the often unchecked amateur porn industry. By honing in on this process, Hot Girls Wanted reveals a business reliant on Millennials who believe empowerment is synonymous with online notoriety. —H.V.

— Harry Vaughn

Screening Details

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