Whipped
68 minutes | 1998 I 16mm
"Whipped provides insight into the dynamics of domination and submission, and ultimately the themes of fear and intimacy, identity and fantasy, and desire for love." – Sally Berger, MoMA
Whipped is a sly, intimate look inside the dungeons, beach homes and real lives of three NYC dominatrixes filmed over four years. Featuring New York in all its pre-9/11 glory, Whipped is a '90s relationship movie (of sorts) that takes it audience on a journey to the borderlands between flamboyant public performance and the elusive realm of private fantasy.
Screenings:
World Premiere, Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema
Florida Film Festival
Cinequest, San Jose
Chicago Underground Film Festival
Real Art Ways, Contemporary Art Center, Hartford
Anthology Film Archives, NYC
San Francisco, Berlin & Beyond Festival, Point Arena, CA
Clair-Obscur Filmfestival, Basel, Switzerland
Louisville Film & Video Festival
Denver Underground Film Festival
New Orleans Film Festival
Boston Underground Film Festival, 2001
Film Studies Center, University of Chicago, Artist Retrospective 2008
U.S. broadcast on the Sundance Channel, August-December 2003
Selected for the first ever Sundance Producers Conference, 1998
Press:
Variety
Orlando Weekly
Chicago Reader
