Many of us have ever wondered how and when nudity was introduced to films? How was it that we went from boring and absolutely corny love-scenes to more realistic and unconventional erotic images in the big screen? Who was the first to dare show penises, boobs and vaginas in a movie theater? What about gay love-scenes?
Answer: James Broughton.
As expected, San Francisco was the city where it all began and it was mostly thanks to the genius work of James Broughton.
Some people say he's the "Antithesis of Conventional", others say he was the living representation of self expression and freedom. However you prefer to call it, this man certainly changed the course of cinema, gay art and porn.
If these are not enough reasons to make you want to watch a documentary film about him, then I must also add that Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton has some of the most unique original footage I've seen in a while. As I've been told, the filmmaker was able to access a private collection in order to obtain this amazing footage.
If you are a Bay Area resident you can go watch it next Sept 4th at the Roxie Theater and enjoy a Q&A with the filmmaker! Click here for tickets
If not, then good news, the film is already streaming on Netflix!
And remember: "Follow your weird, do your hot thing".
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