While I was in Mexico at the SSSS meeting, I went to a brilliant session by Mark Schoen of
SexSmartFilms.com.
Mark’s presentation, entitled “100 years of sex education films”, was
enthralling enough to draw and keep awake an audience at 8am on a
Sunday morning, the last day of the meeting – even though we were
sitting in a darkened room. If that’s not impressive, I don’t know what
is. Mark is himself a film maker, and has made it his mission to
collect different films relating to sex. He’s always looking for more
contributions, and would be especially interested in those relating to
pleasure and sexuality. Here’s what he has to say:
SexSmartFilms.com is just as its name implies,
instructional films about sex from around the world. The collection is
culturally and sexually diverse. It includes explicit and non-explicit,
instructional and clinical, Public Service Announcements, documentaries
and more. The library grows weekly and now has nearly 200 videos. The
oldest film is from 1896 – the first screen kiss, and the newest films
are from 2009. Many films are professionally produced and others come
from student filmmakers.
SexSmartFilms is always looking for new films that promote a wide range
of sexual pleasure and safer sex. We include films for young children,
teens and adults. If you know of films or have your own film that you
would like to include please visit SexSmartFilms.com or contact me directly [email protected].
You can check out Mark’s website, and I would especially recommend
the films he’s made himself. (He showed “The True Story of How Babies
are Made” at the meeting, which was charming!) If you know of a safer
sexier film, please feel free to send it to us too!
Krissy
