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Orgasm Inc.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 3434677 | KanopyPublisher: Astrea Media, 2010Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2018Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (79 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • computer
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  • online resource
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Kim Airs, Dr. Susan Bennett, Laura Berman, Ray Moynihan, Leonore Tiefer, Carol QueenSummary: 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
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Kim Airs, Dr. Susan Bennett, Laura Berman, Ray Moynihan, Leonore Tiefer, Carol Queen

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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

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