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That's Sexploitation! (2013)

Overview

Before the advent of modern-day pornography, a vast and rapidly-paced world of smut peddling was the norm, complete with its own secret history. This documentary reveals the untold story of American cinema's gloriously sordid cinematic past. Starting in the 1920s, expert exploiteer David F. Friedman and Henenlotter navigate us through more than five salacious decades of skin flicks. It's the true story of dirty movies, traced in elegant detail from the bizarre locations where these nudie shorts were screened to the ongoing legal battles fought by their promoters. And of course there are the stories of the innovators themselves, people who often risked their own security and livelihood to make these films, believing in some way that what they were doing wasn't a 'bad' thing - and that it could rake in some dough.
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David F. Friedman profile
David F. Friedman

Director

Donald A. Davis profile
Donald A. Davis

Director

Cast

Frank Henenlotter profile
Frank Henenlotter

Himself

David F. Friedman profile
David F. Friedman

Himself

Gal Friday profile
Gal Friday

Herself

Albert Cadabra profile
Albert Cadabra

Himself

Eleanor Ames profile
Eleanor Ames

Self (archive footage)

Virginia Bell profile
Virginia Bell

Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

Mary Blair profile
Mary Blair

Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

Manny Brown profile
Manny Brown

Self (archive footage)

Doreen Cannon profile
Doreen Cannon

Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

Peter A. DeCenzie profile
Peter A. DeCenzie

Self (archive footage)

Kalantan profile
Kalantan

Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

Herschell Gordon Lewis profile
Herschell Gordon Lewis

Self (archive footage)

Frank Henenlotter profile
Frank Henenlotter

Himself

David F. Friedman profile
David F. Friedman

Himself

Gal Friday profile
Gal Friday

Herself

Albert Cadabra profile
Albert Cadabra

Himself

Eleanor Ames profile
Eleanor Ames

Self (archive footage)

Virginia Bell profile
Virginia Bell

Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

Mary Blair profile
Mary Blair

Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

Manny Brown profile
Manny Brown

Self (archive footage)

Doreen Cannon profile
Doreen Cannon

Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

Peter A. DeCenzie profile
Peter A. DeCenzie

Self (archive footage)

Kalantan profile
Kalantan

Self - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)

Herschell Gordon Lewis profile
Herschell Gordon Lewis

Self (archive footage)

Extra

Release Date

June 25, 2013

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Something Weird Video (SWV) logoSeverin Films logo

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