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1 online resource (1 video file (79 min.)) : sound, color |
| Summary |
In the shocking and hilarious documentary ORGASM INC., filmmaker Liz Canner takes a job editing erotic videos for a drug trial for a pharmaceutical company. Her employer is developing what they hope will be the first Viagra drug for women that wins FDA approval to treat a new disease: Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD). Liz gains permission to film the company for her own documentary. Initially, she plans to create a movie about science and pleasure but she soon begins to suspect that her employer, along with a cadre of other medical companies, might be trying to take advantage of women (and potentially endanger their health) in pursuit of billion dollar profits. ORGASM INC. is a powerful look inside the medical industry and the marketing campaigns that are literally and figuratively reshaping our everyday lives around health, illness, desire - and that ultimate moment: orgasm. A New York Times Critic's Pick and winner of Best Feature at the Vermont International Film Festival and the Newburyport Documentary Film Festival. "By taking a playful approach to a deeply serious subject, [director Liz Canner] explores the link between female sexuality and corporate profits with a style that's as entertaining as it is revelatory."--Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times |
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Science |
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Film |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2009 |
| Credits |
Editors, Sandra Christie, Jeremiah Zagar; music composed by Stephanie Olmanni, Alex Barnett and Don Glasgo |
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Kim Airs, Dr. Susan Bennett, Laura Berman, Ray Moynihan, Leonore Tiefer, Carol Queen |
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In English, with optional closed captions in English |
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Title from title frames (viewed September 3, 2020) |
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Pharmaceutical industry -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Pharmaceutical industry -- Economic aspects
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Sexual desire disorders -- Economic aspects
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Women -- Sexual behavior.
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Drugs and sex.
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Drugs -- Marketing.
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Health.
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Medicine.
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Health
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Medicine
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health.
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medicines (material)
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medicine (discipline)
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Women -- Sexual behavior
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Pharmaceutical industry -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Pharmaceutical industry -- Economic aspects
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Drugs -- Marketing
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Drugs and sex
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Health
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Medicine
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documentary film.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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Nonfiction films
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Internet videos
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Feature films
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Documentary films
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Internet videos.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Documentary
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Canner, Elizabeth, film director, flm producer, editor of moving image work, director of photography.
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Zagar, Jeremiah, film editor.
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Christie, Sandra (Sandra Marie), film editor.
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Chicken & Egg Pictures (Firm)
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Astrea Media (Firm), production company, publisher.
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