Turn Me On: The History of the Vibrator

Turn Me On explores the history of the vibrator. Through a group of sexpert characters, the documentary uncovers the socially camouflaged sex toy - hidden in the underwear drawer since it was invented over 120 years ago. Turn Me On reveals a social and sexual history that some people would prefer remained a secret. Winner of Best Tertiary Documentary, ATOM Awards, Melbourne, Australia, 2002.

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Davina McCall: Sex, Myths and the Menopause

Davina was 44 and felt like she was losing it - hot flushes, depression, mental fog. Now she tells her menopause story, busting midlife taboos from sex to hormone treatment.

Four Verses of Self Pleasure

Seven women and one non binary person share their personal experiences with masturbation through short anecdotes and a revolutionary washing machine.

Basty Doll

A weird and perverted documentary on Japanese “Bastydolls” (read—busty dolls), that are finely sculpted anime looking beauties with super mega tits and big round butts. Witness how they are made, plus “glamour shots” and various hentai-style still shots of hot big breasted beauties forced to enjoy perverted sex acts!

Growing Up

Freedom of expression and sexual liberation might have defined the 1960s but by 1971 the British education system was far from ready for Dr Cole's explicit series A New Approach to Sex Education. Made as a teaching aid for use in schools an universities, the Growing Up was unprecedented in its depictions of erect penises, un-simulated masturbation and intercourse to describe the development of the human body and sexuality to students.

Traffic Control: The People's War on Internet Porn

A documentary that follows a new piece of legislation on its way to Capitol Hill. The Internet Community Port Act, also known as CP80 or Community Port 80, asks that adult content be placed on separate channels (ports) on the Internet so that parents can keep it out of their homes and schools. What ensues is a ferocious debate between parents, pornographers, doctors, technologists, addicts, business owners and children. But one voice is missing: our political leaders.

The Wankers

Lady Wankers is directed by French photographer Frédérique Barraja whose controversial 2010 photographic collection, Les Branleuses, inspired the documentary and is featured throughout. Barraja says she was so surprised by the conversations she had with the models for Les Branleuses during the shoot, about things that she could not show in photographs, that she decided to extend the subject into a film. “The idea was to do research about why we have all these sex toys, and we talk about sex a lot but we don’t talk about masturbating. It’s about self-discovery," said Barraja. A whimsical, slightly risqué but also serious exploration of the taboo subject of female masturbation. See interviews from women of all ages about their own personal stories and practices. It also looks at the history of female sexuality, along with the marketing of the vibrator to women in the 20th century, as well as the tragic issue of genital mutilation and its disastrous consequences.

Seedbed

“In this legendary sculpture/performance Acconci lay beneath a ramp built in the Sonnabend Gallery. Over the course of three weeks, he masturbated eight hours a day while murmuring things like, "You're pushing your cunt down on my mouth" or "You're ramming your cock down into my ass." Not only does the architectural intervention presage much of his subsequent work, but all of Acconci's fixations converge in this, the spiritual sphincter of his art. In Seedbed Acconci is the producer and the receiver of the work's pleasure. He is simultaneously public and private, making marks yet leaving little behind, and demonstrating ultra-awareness of his viewer while being in a semi-trance state.” – Jerry Saltz (via: http://www.ubu.com/film/acconci_seedbed.html)

Self-Loving

An intimate discussion film, Self-Loving is a unique cross-cultural statement about female sexuality, focused around masturbation. Filmed in both city and rural settings, the eleven women of gay, bi-sexual and heterosexual lifestyles Share their early experiences, current patterns, use of vibrators, fantasies and orgasmic patterns. Specifically a film dealing with women's feelings and experiences of masturbation, it is a positive, in depth statement about women's Sexuality.

Who You Think I Am

Claire, a romantically spurned 50-year-old divorced teacher, creates a fake Facebook profile of a 24-year-old woman to spy on her on-and-off lover.

Don Jon

A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.

Nami

A woman is masturbating when a swarm of fish bursts out from all over her house to disturb her.

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Tongues

A young man joins a megachurch and struggles to speak in tongues - until the Pastor's daughter agrees to help him out.