Following the Los Angeles premiere of Raw! Uncut! Video! at Outfest LA 2021, The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann had an exclusive conversation with the film's directors Ryan A. White and Alex Clausen to discuss the draw of making the documentary, the vast archive available to them, the importance of including adult films as part of LGBTQ+ history, and their own queer influences.
Raw! Uncut! Video! screens virtually at Outfest until August 25th 2021.
The compelling documentary honors the incredible history of gay adult entertainment studio Palm Drive Video, whose revolutionary sleaze films showcased rugged blue-collar men enacting their most explicit sexual fantasies onscreen. Independently founded by leathermen Jack Fritscher and Mark Hemry, their infamous videos playfully depict hardcore kink rarely before seen in adult entertainment, ushering in a new era of sex positivity during the rise of the AIDS epidemic. This survey of their indelible work asserts the duo as an iconiclastic creative force and celebrates the beauty of raw, unbridled erotic expression.
