A Wink And A Smile is a documentary that peels away, so to speak, what's up with the new self-described feminist stripper phenomenon, and does it have anything to do with rain in the forecast. Directed by Seattle filmmaker Dierdre Timmons, the film explores a new trend based in Seattle, of women taking classes in burlesque stripping performance as a rather usual form of self-expression and female self-empowerment.
A Wink And A Smile raises many questionable issues, which I debated with Timmons by phone to Seattle. And in part, where is the line between sexual self-empowerment and sexual exploitation. Well, you decide. Here's Dierdre Timmons...
CLICK TO LISTEN TO A WINK AND A SMILE AUDIO CONVERSATION HERE...
No comments:
Post a Comment