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    Orgasm Inc.

    Liz CANNER 2009 USA Documentary color 78min English Digi Beta
    In 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. Along with meeting drug company CEOs, field testers, and number crunchers, she encounters doctors, scientists and psychiatrists who are resisting the pharmaceutical industry’s notion that sexual dissatisfaction is a “disease” that needs to be treated with a drug. Most of women’s sexual problems, they believe, are due to cultural conditions ─ relationship issues, sexual abuse, poor sex education, and stress from overwork.

    Director

    Liz CANNER

    Liz CANNER has recently be named one of the top ten independent filmmakers to watch in 2009 by The Independent Magazine and honored with a Visionary Award from Dartmouth College for the movie. Since earning her BA with Honors in both Visual Arts and Anthropology from Brown University, she has received more than 40 awards, honors, and grants for her work. Liz has created many innovative documentaries on human rights issues, and she was honored with a prestigious Rockefeller Foundation Next Generation Leadership Fellowship for creating innovative media projects that strengthen democracy. She has also been the recipient of a Radcliffe Institute (Bunting) Film/Video Fellowship from Harvard University.

    Director's Statement ▾

    Liz CANNER

    1992 Hands on the Verdict: The 1992 Los Angeles Uprising

    1993 State of Emergency: Inside The Los Angeles Police Department

    1996/1999 Deadly Embrace: Nicaragua, The World Bank and the IMF

    2001 www.symphonyofacity.org

    2003 Moving Visions

    2004 Bridges

    2006 Hidden Tribe

    2009 性高潮有限公司 Orgasm Inc

    Director: Liz CANNER

    Producer: Jane APPLEGATE, Alex BARNETT

    Cinematography: Liz CANNER

    Editing: Liz CANNER, Sandra CHRISTIE, Jeremiah ZAGAR

    Sound: Eric MILANO, Tom PAUL

    Music: Alex BARNETT, Don GLASGO, Stephanie OLMANNI

    Animation: Jay BEAUDION, Nicholas FISCHER

    Cast: Andrilla CHAKRABARIT, Nan COCHRAN, John GRIESEMER

    Language: Emglish

    Print Source: Astrea Media, Inc.

    Astrea Media, Inc.

    PO Box 254, Norwich, VT 05055

    TEL: (802) 649-7079

    E-mail: astreamedia@gmail.com

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