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    Karen GEHRES 2007 USA Documentary color 71min English Beta
    Begging Naked began when Elise HILL asked fellow artist Karen GEHRES to record her life on videotape. With straightforward honesty, Elise recounts how at age 15 she left an abusive home and wound up on the streets of New York as a prostitute, stripper and drug addict. Her sense of humor and striking face barely concealing her pain. Years later she entered rehab and started selling her art, but soon returned to stripping, recreating graphic images from the clubs she worked in. But Mayor GIULIANI’s zoning laws put the squeeze on the sex industry in New York, and the film follows Elise as she wrestles with her uncertain fate. Drug abuse, isolation, mental illness, and eviction complicate her journey.

    Director

    Karen GEHRES

    Karen GEHRES was born in Syracuse, NY. She headed to NYC immediately after graduating High School. GEHRES received her B.F.A. in painting from Parson’s School of Design. She supported herself by selling her paintings on the streets of Soho and her murals have adorned walls of New York City Public schools and the now demolished 42nd Street Project. While working at Film/Video Arts, given access to equipment, GEHRES began shooting Begging Naked. She is now a Segment Producer and Field Producer/Director for lm and television. Begging Naked is her rst full-length documentary.

    Director's Statement ▾

    Karen GEHRES

    2004 B.U.M
    2007     裸體藝術家 Begging Naked
    2008 Charlie Bartlett: Restroom Confessional

    Producer/Karen GEHRES

    Screenplay/Karen GEHRES, Eli FLUGELMAN

    Cinematographer/Karen GEHRES, Eli FLUGELMAN,

    Jack YOUNGELSON

    Editor/Kim KOWALSKI, Katy FINCH, Peter BOLTE

    Original Music/Brendan O’SHEA

    Music/Marianne FAITHFUL, Kate BUSH, Mae WEST

    Actor/Elise Bainbridge HILL, Sally ROTH, Lenny the BARKER,

    Ron KUBY, Philip EISENBER

    Production & Sales Company:

    Karen GEHRES

    78 Ridge Street #4H, New York, NY 10002 Tel: (646)554-4138 karen.gehres@gmail.com www.beggingnaked.com www.myspace.com/beggingnaked www.myspace.com/karengehres

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