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Private practices : the story of a sex surrogate / a film by Kirby Dick.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Filmakers Library online
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex surrogates.
- Sex therapists.
- Sex therapy.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (75 minutes).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Zeitgeist, 1985.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- In this groundbreaking cult documentary from 1985, director Kirby Dick (This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Derrida) weaves a fascinating study of the curious role of a sex surrogate in the (then) recently established discipline of sexual therapy. Maureen Sullivan and two of her clients agreed to have the entire progression of their therapy taped, and what emerges is a disarming and compassionate look at the struggles people face in connecting with one another. Twenty-five-year-old Kipper is a virginal grad student who gets nervous just talking to a girl, let alone touching her; and John, at 45, is newly divorced and suffering from the revelation that his ex-wife was silently dissatisfied with their sexual relationship for twenty years.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 23, 2016).
- Won 1985 Atlanta Film Festival, Best Documentary
- Won 1985 USA Film Festival, Documentary
- OCLC:
- 950613932
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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