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Title The price of pleasure : pornography, sexuality & relationships / Open Lens Media presents ; produced and directed by Miguel Picker & Chyng Sun ; written by Chyng Sun & Robert Wosnitzer
Published [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file, 55 min.)
Summary Once relegated to the margins of society, pornography has emerged as one of the most visible and profitable sectors of the cultural industries, assuming an unprecedented role in the mainstream of our popular culture at the same time that its content has become more extreme and harsh, more overtly sexist and racist. This eye-opening and disturbing film tackles the complexity behind this seeming paradox, placing the voices of critics, producers, and performers alongside the observations of men and women as they candidly discuss the role pornography has played in shaping their sexual imaginations and relationships. Honest and non-judgmental, The Price of Pleasure moves beyond the liberal versus conservative debates so common in the culture to paint a myth-busting and nuanced portrait of how pleasure and pain, commerce and power, liberty and responsibility have become intertwined in the most intimate area of our lives. An ideal tool for initiating classroom discussion about this notoriously difficult subject
Credits Director of photography, Miguel Picker ; edited by Miguel Picker ; original music & sound design, Miguel Picker
Performer Narration, Matthew Tennie, Timothy McDonough, Andy Kaempfer ; interviewees: Gail Dines, Robert Jensen, Richard Wolff, Ana Bridges, Ariel Levy, Pamela Paul, John Stagliano, Joanna Angel, Ernest Greene, Sarah Katherine Lewis, Noam Chomsky
Event Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2008
Audience Higher education
In Media Education Foundation Collection
Subject Feminism.
Media representation
Pornography in popular culture -- United States
Pornography -- Social aspects -- United States
Pornography -- United States
Sex in popular culture -- United States
Women's studies.
feminism.
women's studies.
Feminism.
Pornography.
Pornography in popular culture.
Pornography -- Social aspects.
Sex in popular culture.
Women's studies.
United States.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Angel, Joanna
Bridges, Ana
Chomsky, Noam
Dines, Gail
Greene, Ernest
Jensen, Robert, 1958-
Kaempfer, Andy
Levy, Ariel, 1974-
Lewis, Sarah Katherine
McDonough, Tim, 1942-
Paul, Pamela
Picker, Miguel
Stagliano, John
Sun, Chyng
Tennie, Matthew
Wolff, Richard D
Wosnitzer, Robert
Other Titles Pornography, sexuality & relationships