Exposed: Examining Sexuality in Independent Film

This panel will explore the prevailing attitudes toward sexuality in independent film as they compare to mainstream Hollywood. How do independent films approach sex and eroticism? Is it possible to generalize? How are alternative perspectives and points of view constrained or fostered? Are independents reverting to a kind of neopuritanism , or is sex alive and well in low-budget films as it is in the mainstream? How about gay and lesbian work? What about films that explore the boundaries of sexuality and self? Critic and author B. Ruby Rich will lead a discussion with some of this year’s filmmakers, addressing some of these concerns as well as issues of censorship and repression in the present day conservative political climate, but conversely liberal culture.

Credits

B. Ruby Rich
Panelist
George LaVoo
Panelist
Susan Streitfeld
Panelist
Barbara Hammer
Panelist
Owen Gleiberman
Panelist
Bruno Barreto
Panelist
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