Screening Adult Cinema – Camera and I

I had the pleasure of writing an essay about an adult film for the new anthology Screening Adult Cinema, edited by Farrah Freibert, Peter Alilunas, Desirae Embree and published by Routledge.

Although I had a few films in mind, I chose to write about the explicit experimental short film “Camera and I,” written and directed by Shine Louise Houston and starring Jasko Fide. The film is truly unique, and was also a special experience to witness on set where I worked as Production Assistant. I’m thrilled it is now out in print, and showcases a still from the film on its cover.

Order your copy from Routledge HERE or search for “Screening Adult Cinema” wherever books are sold.

From the description:

This collection of 39 original essays is designed to support film screenings. Each chapter focuses on a single adult film—a category broadly construed as films that foreground sex as a primary narrative, aesthetic, or marketing element. The chapters draw on a variety of perspectives, contexts, histories, themes, and politics in examinations of style, genre, authorship, performance, and stardom.

The first of its kind, Screening Adult Cinema brings together a broad range of established scholars alongside new voices to demonstrate the global breadth and diversity of adult cinema, from a variety of time periods and transnational contexts, paying particular attention to regions and films that have been underrepresented within existing adult film scholarship. Following the Screening Cinema series, Screening Adult Cinema is intended as a teaching text and reference for courses in which film screenings are a core activity, while also appealing to adult film scholars.

This unique collection will be invaluable for courses on adult or exploitation film history, feminist film studies, global queer cinema, and porn studies. It will also be useful for general courses in media studies with a focus on gender, sex, and sexuality.