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CINEKINK UPDATE/February 25, 2009
In this edition:
1) Tonight…Sex Positive and MindFLESH!
2) Tomorrow... whips, restraints and gender frolics!
3) Locations & Tickets
4) Brought to you by...
5) Follow us on Twitter
1) TONIGHT…SEX POSITIVE AND MINDFLESH!
Wednesday, February 25 - 6:45 PM
CineKink Season Opener!
SEX POSITIVE
(Daryl Wein, 2008, USA, 78 minutes)
When Richard Berkowitz arrived in New York City in the late 1970s, the sexual revolution was at its peak and, in a time when gay men lived and loved with wild abandon, he enjoyed lucrative work as an S/M top. And then he developed AIDS. Transforming himself from sex worker to ground-breaking AIDS activist, Berkowitz collaborated with performer Michael Callen and virologist Dr. Joseph Sonnabend to investigate and bring attention to the illness, and he helped author the first safe-sex manual. But instead of being lauded for such efforts, the assertion that a hedonistic lifestyle was contributing to the transmission of AIDS was denounced as self-hating and sex-negative, as few people--just as they were enjoying new freedoms--were ready to accept that they might be endangering their health with their choices.
With safer-sex practices a matter-of-fact occurrence for so many today, it's hard to remember that they weren't always in existence and Berkowitz's influence on our early awareness has been all but forgotten. In the face of this, SEX POSITIVE weaves an absorbing story of an activist hero-and places something we now take for granted into a compelling historical context.
plus...
World Premiere
AIDS CONFERENCE COCKSUCKERS
A split-screen seques a spontaneous sexual encounter with myriad activities at an international AIDS conference, all culminating in a big birthday climax with a charismatic Bill Clinton at the dais. (Charles Lum, 2008, USA, 15 minutes)
Filmmakers Daryl Wein and Charles Lum will be on hand following the screening for discussion.
MORE INFO/TICKETS: http://cinekink.bside.com/2009/films/sexpositive_cinekink2009
Wednesday, February 25 - 9:00 PM
New York Premiere
MINDFLESH
(Robert Pratten, 2008, United Kingdom, 75 minutes)
In this psycho-sexual horror/thriller, a London taxi driver is haunted by increasingly realistic apparitions of a beautiful woman and fantasies that suddenly veer well beyond the realm of consent. Enlisting the help of a parapsychologist, he learns he must relinquish his obsession with this goddess from a parallel dimension-or alien beings will destroy the one he truly loves.
(Based on the Buddhist horror novel, "White Light" by William Scheinman.)
plus...
World Premiere
THE OTHER HALF
(Bret Wood, 2008, USA, 17 minutes)
To evade the psychological cruelty of her disabled husband, a woman arranges a tryst for him and a 'dancer' at a cheap motel.
Filmmakers Robert Pratten and Bret Wood will be on hand following the screening for discussion.
MORE INFO/TICKETS: http://cinekink.bside.com/2009/films/mindflesh_cinekink2009
2) TOMORROW…WHIPS, RESTRAINTS AND GENDER FROLICS!
On Thursday, February 26 at 6:45 PM it's WHIPS & RESTRAINT, a kinky collection of shorts that dip into the toy-bag and play with the dynamics of sexual power and release, control and submission.
Program includes: GRAVUREN DESADE (John Campbell, 1992, USA), BUTLER (Erik Rosenlund, 2005, Sweden), IN THE CLOSET (Hungry Heart, 2007, Norway), 20 LICKS (Joseph S. Valle, 2008, USA), BELLE DE NATURE (Maria Beatty, 2008, France, 12 minutes), SERVING MADAME GINA (Gabriele Hoff, PsyD, 2008, USA) and KINK, INC. (Casey Clark, 2008, USA).
More info/tickets: http://cinekink.bside.com/2009/films/whipsrestraint_cinekink2009
Then, at 9 PM, put on your favorite dress-up for LIPSTICK & CRINOLINES, a colorfully pansexual mash-up of gender frolics, blurred boundaries, several pairs of Lycra bicycle shorts--and some very high style!
Program includes: MISS JEZEBEL'S FEATHERS (Jesse Miksic, 2008, USA), DORIAN: A PICTURE (Joe E. Jeffreys, 2008, USA), PRITCH AND PANCH DO... THE CINDERFELLA EXPERIENCE AT MISS VERA'S FINISHING SCHOOL (Dylan Wynn Davies, 2005, UK) and THE TOUR DE PANTS (Luke Woodward, 2008, USA).
More info/tickets:
http://cinekink.bside.com/2009/films/lipstickcrinoline_cinekink2009
3) LOCATIONS & TICKETS
All screenings will be at:
Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue (@ 2nd St.),NYC
Tickets:
Tickets for each program - $10/door; $8/advance; $6/seniors & students, door only
To take a glance at what's up the rest of the week/buy tickets:
http://cinekink.bside.com/2009/schedule
For an alpha list of all films/parties:
http://cinekink.bside.com/2009/films
Or jump right in and purchase a discounted pass:
http://cinekink.bside.com/2009/films/cinekinknycfestivalpass_cinekink2009
4) FOLLOW US ON TWITTER
Yes, we finally took the Twitter plunge-and we'll be checking in with updates and last-minute CineKink reports throughout the festival!
http://twitter.com/cinekink
We're also online in a several other spots where you can mix it up with fellow CineKinksters. Come find us and friend us!
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/cinekink/43031490693
LiveJournal - http://community.livejournal.com/cinekink/
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/cinekink
And the blog...
CineKinkster - http://www.cinekink.com/blog/
5) BROUGHT TO YOU BY...
Many, many thanks to the wonderful folks at Pleasure Salon, our community sponsor for last night’s kick-off festivities. If you enjoyed mingling with the delightful crowd that packed the house last night, you’ll definitely want attend one of their monthly mixers. Check them out at http://pleasuresalon.com
Other event partners for our Kick-Off Gala & Opening Night Screening included Njoy, who showed up with some gleaming stainless steel toys for the evening’s raffle, and Event Premiere.
Thanks also to performers Slammerkin, Syditious, Miss Jezebel Express, Switch-n-Play and N, and to Sofia Varino for pulling it all together, the lovely Elizabeth Sheehan for keeping us all on track, our loyal crew of volunteers for showing up and making it happen and the gracious staff of Kush for a great party.
In addition, many, many sincere thanks to the sponsors of CineKink NYC/2009 for their help in keeping us vital! They include Arena Studios, B-Side Entertainment, HX Magazine, Njoy and Soho Underground, along with DDevious Delights, Event Premiere, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, Purple Passion and Redlight TV.
Community sponsors include Cake NYC, DomSubFriends, Gay Male S/M Activists, Leather Invasion, Lesbian Sex Mafia, New York Boys of Leather, NY Shooters, Pariah's MC, Pleasure Salon, Polyamorous NYC and The Eulenspiegel Society.
If you have the opportunity, please join us in thanking them for their support of CineKink NYC - and of sex-positive and kink-friendly film and video overall!
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ABOUT CINEKINK NYC
Billing itself as "the really alternative film festival," CineKink NYC returns for its fifth annual appearance February 24-March 1, 2009, to be followed by a national showcase tour. Presented by CineKink, an organization dedicated to the recognition and encouragement of sex-positive and kink-friendly depictions in film and television, works featured at CineKink range from documentary to drama, camp comedy to hot porn, mildly spicy to quite explicit - and everything in between.
More info: http://www.cinekink.com
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