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Schedule of Events
Revised 3/21/05

Friday, April 1, 2005 Festival Day 1

6:00-7:00Pm
Annie Sprinkle’s Amazing World of Orgasm (2004- 53min)
Directed by Annie Sprinkle, PhD and Sheila Malone
While having an orgasm with her lover, Annie reflects upon the diverse aspects of the orgasm experience. Featuring 26 “orgasm experts” including Carol Queen, Betty Dodson, Fakir, Cleo Dubois, and Frank Moore.

7:15-7:35PM
Screaming Queens- Trailer (2003- 18min)
Victor Silverman and Susan Stryker
Documents the 1966 Compton Cafeteria riots in San Francisco, in which transgender street prostitutes fought back against police oppression.

7:40-8:00PM
Swallow (2002- 11min)
Ariel Lightningchild
An exploration of issues that are often overlooked within the sex industry, amongst the celebration of certain aspects, and ignorance to the darker side of the industry.

8:00-8:30PM
Big Girls: Big Beautiful Women in the Adult Entertainment Industry (2000- 25min)
Sara McCool
Profiles larger women in sex work and porn, and questions the aesthetics in the U.S. that thin beauty. Features Scarlot Harlot, Candye Kane, Meni Teats, and Nye Willden.

8:30-9:30PM
Licensed Prostitutes: Apocalypse (2001- 50min)
Sylvia Feng, Executive Director
Tsung Lung Tsai, Producer/Director
Produced in association with the Collective of Sex Workers and Supporters (COSWAS) in Taiwan, this film examines the struggle for prostitute’s rights after the criminalization of prostitution in China.

9:30-9:40PM
Would You Like Me to Stay? (1999- 10min)
Gina Gold, Director/Producer
Pam Dore, Editor
A rebellious and hilarious day in the life of a lap dancer and her quirky clients.

*Special Late Night showing*
FTM Erotics (2001-2004: 1 hour)
Tobaron Waxman- video and performance artist
www.artic.edu/~twaxma

Click for Description of Tobaron's material

Saturday, April 2, 2005 Festival Day 2

6:00-7:45PM
Tales of the Nightfairies (2003- 74min)
Shohini Ghosh
Explores the power of collective organizing and resistance while reflecting upon contemporary debates.

8:00-8:07PM
You’re A Winner! (1998- 7min)
Sprinkle Magic
A slick and hilarious, tongue-in-cheek parody of kinky porn satirizes modern life’s preoccupation with winners, sex, and the “big cock syndrome.”

8:10-8:17PM
Chew the Fat (1998- 6min)
Sprinkle Magic
A dark, incisive critique of the media and fashion industry and its effects on so many levels, both human and non-human.

8:20-8:30PM
Negotiating Sex Worker’s Rights- Calcutta (2003- 10min)
C.J. Roessler
A video montage based on footage from the 1997 Sex Worker’s Conference in Calcutta, India. In collaboration with the Sex Worker’s Manifesto and the Durbar Mahila Samanya Committee (DMSC), who demand the decriminalization of adult sex work and the right to form a trade union.

8:30-9:00PM
I Love Jesus (2003- 2min)
Anne Hanavan
A powerful, autoerotic self-portrait of the artist.

Amethyst (2004- 10min)
Carolyn Caizzi
A bored housewife gets a visit from a transman plumber.

Solar Anus Sampler (2004/2005- 20min)
Usama and Kristie Alshaibi
Three shorts of visceral nature: Traumata, Self-Contained, and Convulsion Expulsion.

Domestic Paranoia
Robert Banks
AKA Kitchen Pornography, this loop/short has approximately 500 pancakes and 45 actresses in it.

9:10-9:20PM
Miss Erochica’s Burlesque Diary (2000/revised 2003- 7min)
Miss Erochica
This photojournal captures Miss Erochica’s yearning for the nostalgic, romantic world of burlesque.

*** Live Nude Girls UNITE!
Based on the unionization of the Lusty Lady exotic dancers in San Francisco.
Special late night showing TBA