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Under
the Radar:
Women in Film in the Kinsey Era
February 14-26, 2003
Kinsey's
report on female sexuality was not the only shocking evidence of women
as sexual beings in the mid 20th century. Both mainstream and underground
films portrayed themes of gender and sexuality, many of which were
delayed, modified or completely banned by the censorship board. This
week-long film festival showcases women directors, lesbian films,
and female stars who tested the censors' ratings in their various
portrayals of sex and gender. Also featured will be a special screening
of historical stag films from the Kinsey collection. |
Women Directors
Lesbian and Gender Benders
Censored and Condemned
Between "White Slavery" and the "Ethnography
of Sex Workers": Women in Stag Films at the Kinsey Archive
Lecture: Linda Williams, Ph.D,
U of California, Berkeley
Schedule
Women Directors:
The Bigamist (1953) Ida Lupino, director
Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965) Doris Wishman, Director
Fuses (1964) Carolee Schneemann, Director |
Ida Lupino |
Lesbian Films and Gender Benders:
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Caged (1950)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
The Children's Hour (1961)
Agnes Morehead and Eleanor Parker in Caged
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Censored and Condemned
And God Created Woman (1957)
Some Like it Hot (1959)
The Outlaw (1946)
Baby Doll (1956)
Streetcar Named Desire (1951)- The Director's Cut (1993) approximately
three to five minutes of the censored scenes (i.e., specific references
to Blanche's homosexual young husband, her nymphomania, and Stanley's
rape of Blanche) were restored in an 'original director's version'
rerelease.
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Jane Russell in The Outlaw |
Between "White Slavery" and the "Ethnography
of Sex Workers": Women in Stag Films at the Kinsey Archive
Linda Williams PhD, Professor in the Departments of
Film Studies and Rhetoric, Univ.of California at Berkeley |
Linda Williams teaches courses on popular moving-image genres (pornography,
melodrama, and "body genres" of all sorts) and is currently interested
in the emergence of explicit sex acts in moving-image culture. In 1989 she
published a controversial study of porno-graphic film entitled Hard Core:
Power, Pleasure and the Frenzy of the Visible (second edition 1999), which
included stag films from the Kinsey Institute collection. Williams's latest
book is Playing the Race Card: Melodramas of Black and White, from Uncle
Tom to O.J.Simpson (2001, Princeton).
Thursday, February 20, 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by Horizons of Knowledge,
IU Programs in American Studies, Cultural Studies & Gender Studies,
IU Departments of English, Communication & Culture, and Fine Arts.
Titles from The Kinsey historical stag collection:
Bring 'em Back Nude
Getting His Goat
Free Ride
Modern Pirates
Tickets are $4 per show or $15 for a Festival ticket. Contact The
Ryder for updated times.
This festival is presented in conjunction with Women's
Sexualities: Perspectives and Portrayals, marking the 50th anniversary
of Kinsey's Sexual Behavior in the Human Female
Film Festival cosponsors include
Department of Communication
and Culture at Indiana University, The
Ryder Film series, The Kinsey
Institute, and WFIU 
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