The Naked Feminist is a 2004 documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 about sex-positive feminist

Sex-positive feminism

Sex-positive feminism, also known as pro-sex feminism, sex-radical feminism, or sexually liberal feminism is a movement that began in the early 1980s...

 women working in the American pornography

Pornography

Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...

 industry. It is the debut work of Australian film maker Louisa Achille and features interviews with Marilyn Chambers

Marilyn Chambers

Marilyn Chambers was an American pornographic actress, exotic dancer, model, actress and vice-presidential candidate...

, Christi Lake

Christi Lake

Christi Lake is an American former pornographic actress. She performed in about 200 movies between 1995 and 2004, and directed at least seven....

, Ginger Lynn Allen, Chloe Nicole, Sharon Mitchell

Sharon Mitchell

Sharon Mitchell is a former erotic actress, with a pornography career spanning over two decades.- Adult film career :...

, Nina Hartley

Nina Hartley

Nina Hartley is an American pornographic actress, pornographic film director, sex educator, feminist, and author.-Early life:...

, Veronica Hart

Veronica Hart

Jane Esther Hamilton is an American former pornographic actress and current porn director who performed under the name Veronica Hart during the 1980s. She is sometimes credited as Jane Esther Hamilton, Jane Hamilton, V. Hart, Veronica Heart, Victoria Holt, Kathryn Stanleigh, Randee Styles or just...

, Kylie Ireland

Kylie Ireland

Kylie Ireland is an American pornographic actress, film director, producer, publicist, and Satellite radio show host.- Early life :...

, Annie Sprinkle

Annie Sprinkle

Annie M. Sprinkle is an American former prostitute, stripper, pornographic actress, cable television host, porn magazine editor, writer and sex film producer...

 and Candida Royalle

Candida Royalle

Candida Royalle is an American producer and director of couples-oriented pornography and a former pornographic actress. She is member of the XRCO and the AVN Halls of Fame....

. Some of these women were members of Club 90, an early support group of female porn performers, and all of them found their work in porn empowering.

The 58-minute long film won an audience award at the South by Southwest Festival in 2004.

External links

• Nakedfeminist.com, official site
• The Naked Feminist at The New York Times Movies
• Interview with Louisa Achille, by inthefray.com