Selected Documentary Films on Human Sexuality

Some Selected Documentary Films on Human Sexuality

Annie Sprinkle's World of Orgasm (2004 - 53min) Sheila Malone, Annie Sprinkle
Subtitled: 26 Orgasm Experts Share Their Wisdom
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000SPENZA
Annie Sprinkle's website: AnnieSprinkle.org
Highly recommended. Really cool project. Short segments with 26 different sexperts (plus Annie) mainly talking about orgasm. Here is a list of the guests:
Dr. Michael Perry - discusses 4 types of orgasm 1. Plateau, 2. Tonic, 3. Clonic, 4. Fusion (combination of Tonic and Clonic)
Carol Queen Ph.D (cultural sexologist)
Betty Dodson Ph.D. (sex educator, author)BettyDodson.com discusses 3 types of orgasm 1. Sleeping Beauty, 2.Tension Orgasm,3. Rock'n,Roll (combination of 1 and 2)
Robert Lawrence D.C (chiropractor) discusses physiology of orgasm
Kembra Pfahler (rock star)
Scarlot Harlot (prostition activist) discusses and demonstrates fake orgasms
Carol Schneemann (artist)
Ray Stubbs Ph.D. (author - Sacred Orgasms)
Wonshe (midwife) discusses birth as orgasmic experience
Kutira (tantra and meditation teacher)
Joseph Kramer PhD. (sex educator) discusses taoist erotic massage
Cleo Dubois (BDSM educator)
Fakir Musafar(modern primitive) www.bodyplay.org
Dr. Stuart Block (sexologist)
Juliet Carr (erotic touch expert)
Andrew Ramer (poet)
Jwala (sex goddess)
Mistress Cleopatra (professional dominatrix)
Dr. Ray Noonan (founder - Consortium for Sex Research in Space)
Karen (transgender activist)
Laraji (yoga teacher) says ejaculatory orgasm is boring. practices orgasmic laughing.
Dominque (club owner)
Barbara Carellas (recovering Catholic) author of 2007 book, Urban Tantra
Frank Moore (performance artist)
Eleanor Hamilton (sex therapist)
Norman Wilcox (midwife to the dying)

Female Misbehavior (1992 - 160min) Monika Treut
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000I8OOQ0
This is a collection of five different films by German filmmaker Monika Treut. Annie is about Annie Sprinkle. Dr. Paglia is an interesting interview with Camille Paglia. Bondage talks to an S&M practitioner. Max is about a transexual journey from female to male. Didn't Do It For Love is about Eva Norvind. Recommended for sure if you're into any of these people or subjects.

Passion and Power (2007 - 74min) Wendy Slick, Emiko Omori
Subtitled: The Technology of Orgasm
Official site: www.passionandpowerthemovie.com
IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt1136913
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B001FXRQ76
Very interesting and important film, highly recommended. Explores the history of the vibrator and its use as a medical device and as a sexual aid for women. Deals with the subject of female orgasm. Lots of the film is based on research by Rachel Maines, author of The Technology of Orgasm - Hysteria, the Vibrator and Women's Sexual Satisfaction. Netflix has this.

Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate (1986 - 75min) Kirby Dick
Director's Website: www.kirbydick.com
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B001IVFH0I
IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt0158863
Totally fascinating film. Follows the work of sex surrogate Maureen Sullivan as she works with 2 different clients. We also see some sessions with the clients and the therapists who referred them to Maureen, as well as with Maureen and her own therapist. The first of many excellent films from Kirby Dick (Sick, This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Derrida, Outrage). Netflix has this.

The Sacred Prostitute (2004 - 90min) Kenneth Ray Stubbs Ph.D., Sarah Sher
Official Site: www.sacredprostitute.com
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000FG5MFM
IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt0819109
This is a 2-DVD set, one disc is the documentary titled The Sacred Prostitute, the other disc is titled Magdalene Unveiled and presents extended outtakes from The Sacred Prostitute.

Women and Spirituality - The Goddess Trilogy (1992 - 166min) Donna Read
Official Site: www.alivemindandspirit.com
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B0013D8LYU
This is a 3-disc set, which presents the three parts of this film, or it could be seen as three separate films:
Part One: Goddess Remembered (54min)
Part Two: The Burning Times (56min)
Part Three: Full Circle (56min)

Orgasm Inc. (2009) Liz Canner
Subtitled: The Strange Science of Female Pleasure
Official Site: www.orgasminc.org

Orgasmic Birth (2008 - 85min) Debra Pascali-Bonaro
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B001NY6YPW

The Business of Being Born (2007 - 87min) Abby Epstein
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B0013LL2XY

Lake of Fire (2006 - 152min) Tony Kaye
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_of_Fire(film)
IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt0841119
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000YVBCT8
Excellent (and lengthy) film about abortion, or actually about the people fighting on both sides of this tricky issue. Filmed in black and white.

Sex: The Secret Gate to Eden (75min)
Official Site: www.gnosticteachings.org
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000M5AM1U
Presents some teachings of Samael Aun Weor.

Sex Positive Daryl Wein
Official Site: www.sexpositive-themovie.com

The Workshop (2007 - 93min) Jamie Morgan
IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt0939684
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B001JQHT6M
Paul Lowe's Website: www.paullowe.org
A sexual workshop, that is. Very interesting film. The filmmaker goes to California to take a workshop with Paul Lowe.

Sacred Love-Making (2007 - 70min) Matt Levin
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B001JQHT51
Karinna's website: www.sacredlove.com
Karinna Kittles-Karsten guides two couples into learning techniques of sacred love-making.

Gendernauts (1999 - 87min) Monika Treut

Hookers at the Point

Born Into Brothels

Very Young Girls

BDSM: Its Not What You Think! (2008)
Subtitled: Kinksters Confront Stigma And Stereotype
Official Site: www.bdsmdocumentary.com
IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt1410008

Sex - How to Do Everything (2008 - 443min)
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B002VRNING
3-discs.

Nature of Sex (2008 - 240min)
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B001KEGRD4
Discovery Channel.

Absolutely Safe (2007 - 83min) Carol Ciancutti-Leyva
Official Site: www.absolutelysafe.com
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B001HM2CAG
All about breast implants.

Breasts: A Documentary (1996 - 50min) Meema Spadola
Official Site: www.sugarpictures.com/Films/Breasts.html
IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt0128086
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000E1NWIC

Boobs: An American Obsession (2009 - 75min) Nina Brownfield-Berry
IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt1479183
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B002VRNIL8

Private Dicks: Men Exposed (1999 - 56min) Meema Spadola, Thom Powers
Official Site: www.sugarpictures.com/Films/PrivateDicks.html
IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt0209252
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000E1NWIW

Fetishes (1997 - 87min) Nick Broomfield
Director's Website: www.nickbroomfield.com
About S&M, filmed at Pandora's Box in NYC.

The Vagina Monologues (2002 - 76min)
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vagina_Monologues
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B00006673K
The DVD captures Eve Ensler in an HBO TV special performing her one-woman play which debutted off-broadway in 1996.

V-Day - Until the Violence Stops (2003 - 73min) Abby Epstein
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B0006ZXJFC

Sex Culture of Ancient China (765min)
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B002IJQ3NE
5-disc set. have not yet seen. narrated in Chinese with English subtitles.

A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (2008) Chris Waitt

Sexual Healing (TV Series)

Unmade Beds (1998 - 95min) Nicholas Barker
IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt0127952
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B00004YS8N
Looks at the experiences of 4 single New Yorkers (2 men, 2 women in their 40's) on the personal ads/dating scene.

Kim Catrall: Sexual Intelligence (2005 - 82min) Catherine Annau
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000CCFNOY
HBO special is companion to book of same name.

For the Bible Tells Me So (2007 - 99min) Daniel G. Karslake
IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt0912583
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000YHQNCI
Excellent film explores how gays are treated by Christian churches and families. Focusses on five different families, each with a gay or lesbian child. Lots of footage of evangelists preaching against homosexuality. Explores what the bible actually say about homosexuality and how it important to put biblical words into context. Has an animated section explaining that sexual orientation is not a choice. Well-made, wide-ranging, highly recommended. Especially recommended for Christians who may be confused by this issue.

For My Wife (2010 - 60min)
Official Site: www.formywife.info
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B003TNQ0NG

And Some Related Feature Films

Kinsey (2004 - 118min) Bill Condon
IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt0362269
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B0007PALGG
The life of Alfred Kinsey, pioneering sex researcher. Rated R.

Breast Men (1997 - 95min) Lawrence O'Neil
IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt0133643
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_Men
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B00005MHOE
Based on the story of the two doctors who perfected breast implant procedures in 1962.

Variety (1983 - 97min) Bette Gordon
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B0015S2P0O

Psychopathia Sexualis (2006 - 98min) Brett Wood
Amazon: www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000IONJLU

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Revised 08/28/10. First posted 12/28/09.