| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (79 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time |
011857 |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Kim Airs, Dr. Susan Bennett, Laura Berman, Ray Moynihan, Leonore Tiefer, Carol Queen |
| Event |
Originally produced by Astrea Media in 2010. |
| Summary |
In the shocking and hilarious documentary ORGASM INC., filmmaker Liz Canner takes a job editing erotic videos for a drug trial for a pharmaceutical company. Her employer is developing what they hope will be the first Viagra drug for women that wins FDA approval to treat a new disease: Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD). Liz gains permission to film the company for her own documentary.. Initially, she plans to create a movie about science and pleasure but she soon begins to suspect that her employer, along with a cadre of other medical companies, might be trying to take advantage of women (and potentially endanger their health) in pursuit of billion dollar profits. ORGASM INC. is a powerful look inside the medical industry and the marketing campaigns that are literally and figuratively reshaping our everyday lives around health, illness, desire - and that ultimate moment: orgasm.. A New York Times Critic's Pick and winner of Best Feature at the Vermont International Film Festival and the Newburyport Documentary Film Festival.. "By taking a playful approach to a deeply serious subject, [director Liz Canner] explores the link between female sexuality and corporate profits with a style that's as entertaining as it is revelatory." - Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
| Subject |
Health
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Medicine
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| Indexed Term |
Science |
| Genre |
North American Studies |
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Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Astrea Media (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
3434677 Kanopy |
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