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WOMEN'S STUDIES: Sex Industry
American pimp.
Albert and Allen Hughes turn their documentary eye to the world of street pimps in this
1999 Sundance Film Festival Documentary Competition entry. The Black urban pimps
interviewed reveal their world and their secrets in a film that is about power. We watch
as they discuss their business, including percentages, lifestyles, stealing "ho's", and the
Player's Ball. These men exude charm and charisma and boast rock star status in their
communities. People are lured by the glamour and money, only to be used as
commodities and tossed out once they have passed their prime. Also traces the history
of the street pimp from the 20's to the present, with particular emphasis on the 70's pimp.
Johnson Center DVD -- at Circulation Desk
PN1997 .A5476 2000
Bloodsisters.
Frank interviews with lesbians who practice sadomasochims. Includes footage of S/M
play scenes and actual events.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ79 .B66 1999
Body without soul.
The personal stories of teenage hustlers in Prague are told with unflinching honesty,
providing a disturbing and graphic inside view of the exploitation, pain, and pitiful
existence of young men who, out of necessity, sell their bodies to survive.
Johnson Center DVD -- at Circulation Desk
HQ192.3 .B64 2000
Boogie nights.
A film that throws the covers back on California's adult entertainment industry in the
swinging seventies through the story of rising porn star Dirk Diggler. It's a touching and
often humorous portrait of a most unusual family of filmmakers, brought to dazzling life
by an all-star cast and sizzling seventies soundtrack.
Johnson Center DVD -- at Circulation Desk
Johnson Center Permanent Media Reserve
PN1997 .B665 1998
Chicken Ranch a legal brothel in Nevada.
A behind-the-scenes profile of the Chicken Ranch, a legalized brothel in Las Vegas and
the story of the lives of the women who work there.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ146.L38 C55
The Child sex trade.
Looks at underage boys and girls who have become prostitutes through interviews
with three child prostitutes from Calgary, Canada.
Prince William Campus Videotapes
HQ117 .C49 1997
Cybersex cop.
Follows a U.S. Customs agent who tracks down those who sell illegal images on the Internet.
Prince William Campus Videotapes
HQ471 .C92 1998
Ecstasy unlimited the interpenetration of sex and capital.
A montage of skits, songs, and narrated film clips depicting the close connections of
economic, political, and social systems with sexuality. Specifically, the film discusses
how a capitalist society, the United States, can shape the way we view sex and
sexuality.
Johnson Center Videotapes
BF692 .K47.
Female misbehavior.
The first film ... is a confrontation with the infamous author of 'Sexual Personae'
Camille Paglia. The second film ... is an inside look at Annie Sprinkle, porn star,
performance artist and sexual diva. The third film ... centers on an S&M practitioner,
Carol, and her use of pain as pleasure. The final film ... is the story of a transexual's
journey from female to male"--Container.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ29 .F46 1992
Live nude girls unite!
Follows Julia Query, a peepshow stripper, on her journey to help organize the only
strippers union in the US.
Johnson Center DVD -- at Circulation Desk
PN1995.9.L28 L58 2001
Not angels but angels.
Documentary about teen-age male prostitution in Prague.
Johnson Center DVD -- at Circulation Desk
HQ192.3 .N68 2000
Patently offensive : porn under siege.
"Examines pornography in its social and historical context."
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ471 .P38
Philippines angels of the night.
Prostitution is the occupation of necessity for supporting impoverished millions residing
in the slums of Manila. This program tracks the lives of three girl prostitutes, ages 11
to 13, over a five-year period, during which one becomes a pimp, another a drug
addict, and the third vanishes, presumed dead. Efforts by family planning organizations
such as UNICEF sponsored Reach Out and the Apelo Women's Health clinic are
described, as well as the Roman Catholic point of view.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HD6247.P67 P55 2000
Pornography.
An exposé of the pornography industry and its implications for wider questions of
sexuality and violence--not so much a portrait of Andrea Dworkin, as an account of the
struggle she and other women are waging against what they perceive as a radical
social evil.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ472.U6 P6 1995
Pornography.
Considers the effect of pornography on society and First Amendment protections. Includes segments originally aired on CBS on
November 18, 1992, October 8, 1988, and October 17, 1992.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ471 .P667 2000
Pornography the double message.
An analysis of the effect of pornography and violent sex in films on the youth in
Toronto. Comments on the types of censorship in Sweden, and England, and the lack
of it in the United States.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ471 .P67
Red-light districts.
Prince William Campus Videotapes
HQ117 .R34 1997
Sacrifice.
Each year thousands of girls are recruited from rural Burmese villages to work in
brothels in Thailand where they are held for years in debt bondage. The trafficking of
Burmese girls is a direct result of political repression in Burma. Human rights abuses,
war, and ethnic discrimination have displaced thousands of families leaving them with no
means of livelihood. This film, through interviews with the girls, examines the social,
cultural and economic forces at work in the trafficking of these Burmese girls.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ232.7.A5 S22 1998
Straight for the money interviews with queer sex workers.
A documentary offering a unique perspective on sex work from the lesbian point of
view. Through interviews, erotica, and archival footage the videomaker explores the
lives of lesbian strippers, prostitutes and exotic dancers, including author and activist
Annie Sprinkle. The women share their perspectives on feminism, sexual empowerment,
desire and cold hard cash which they have gained working in this predominantly
heterosexual and male dominated industry.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ75.3 .S86 1994
Streetwise.
Shows the lives of 9 homeless teenagers, ranging in age from 13 to 19, who survive on
the streets as pimps, prostitutes, muggers, panhandlers, thieves and drug dealers.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ796 .S86 1994
Technology and pornography.
This program presents the views of Jeffrey Douglas, of the Free Speech Coalition; former federal prosecutor Lis Wiehl, of the University
of Washington School of Law; Susan Kreston, of the National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse; and the ACLU's Nadine Strossen
on the prosecutorial status of computer-generated sexual imagery as defined under the Child Pornography Prevention Act.
Johnson Center Videotapes
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The Transformation.
Explores the lives of Hispanic male transvestite prostitutes and crack addicts living in
abandoned garbage trucks at a road salt storage facility near lower Manhattan and
their transition to life off the streets.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1995.9.D6 T73
Visible harm?
Argues that the trade in pornography dehumanizes women and children, inclines men
to sexual violence, and is a factor in a three-fold increase in reported rape over the past
decade. Victims discuss how sexually explict materials influence the abusive behavior
and violence used toward them.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ471 .V58
FEATURE FILMS
Boogie nights.
Throws the covers back on California's adult entertainment industry in the swinging seventies. A touching and humorous portrait of a most
unusual family of filmmakers, brought to life by an all-star cast and seventies soundtrack.
Johnson Center DVD -- at Circulation Desk
Johnson Center Permanent Media Reserve
PN1997 .B665 1998
Pretty baby.
E.J Bellocq, a photographer who specialized in the prostitutes of early 20th century New Orleans, becomes entranced by a young girl.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1997 .P725 1994
Taxi driver.
A New York cab driver is driven to obsession when he attempts to save a teenage prostitute and embarks on a violent rampage against a
world of filth and corruption.
Johnson Center DVD -- at Circulation Desk
PN1997 .T385 1997
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