Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality

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Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality
Directed by Maya Gallus
Written byMaya Gallus
Produced byJulia Sereny
Cinematography Zoe Dirse
Edited byCathy Gulkin
Production
company
Sienna Films
Release date
  • September 12, 1997 (1997-09-12)(TIFF)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Maya Gallus and released in 1997. [1] The film explores the perspectives on sexuality of various women involved in the production and release of both heterosexual and lesbian erotica and pornography, including performance artist Annie Sprinkle, filmmaker Candida Royalle, writers Susie Bright and Catherine Robbe-Grillet, photographer Bettina Rheims and novelist Anne Desclos. [2] The film was the last interview Desclos gave during her lifetime. [3]

The film premiered in the Perspective Canada program at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival. [4] It was broadcast on television in 1999, as an episode of TVOntario's documentary series The View from Here , although seven minutes of sexually explicit footage were removed from the television broadcast. [5] It was later broadcast in its unedited original form on the LGBT-focused premium cable channel PrideVision. [6]

The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 18th Genie Awards. [7]

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References

  1. Peter Goddard, "In sex world, sisters doing it for themselves ; Documentary Erotica explores the differing views of the female pornographers". Toronto Star , January 22, 1999.
  2. AV Club: "Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality" review: AV Club review.
  3. Janice Kennedy, "Exploring female sexuality: Documentary a revealing look at women's erotica". Ottawa Citizen , February 10, 1999.
  4. John McKay, "Look out world, here we come". Hamilton Spectator , September 3, 1997.
  5. Katrina Onstad, "Documentary on female sexuality gets a light trim from TVOntario". National Post , February 11, 1999.
  6. Maya Gallus, "Erotic film history". The Globe and Mail , May 3, 2002.
  7. Doug Saunders, "Egoyan film leads Genie race: The Sweet Hereafter picks up nominations for Canada's film awards". The Globe and Mail , November 5, 1997.