Desire | MoMA

Film

Tue, Feb 3, 2015, 7:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

Desire Pie. 1976. USA. Directed by Lisa Crafts. Preserved with support from the Women's Film Preservation Fund

Desire Pie. 1976. USA. Directed by Lisa Crafts. 5 min.

Desire Pie was created when sexual liberation and the power of the women’s movement gave women permission to express their sexuality in art. Crafts responds to heterosexual sex films predominantly made by men, for men, by presenting explicit sex with humor, fantasy, and warmth. Preserved with support from NYWIFT’s Women’s Film Preservation Fund.

Variety. 1983. USA. Directed by Bette Gordon. 100 min.

With Sandy McLeod. Christine takes a job selling tickets at a porn theater near Times Square, and what unfolds is an allegory about female empowerment in connection to how men experience women on film. Variety, Gordon’s feature directorial debut, was shown at the Cannes Film Festival Director’s Fortnight. Preserved with support from NYWIFT’s Women’s Film Preservation Fund.

This film accompanies Carte Blanche: Women’s Film Preservation Fund—Women Writing the Language of Cinema.

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