Premiere Reissue!

Screening Fri, Sep 20 – Sun, Sep 22

Beautiful aspiring actor Cicely (Jake-ann Jones) has just landed her first major film role, but there’s a big problem: it requires a nude scene. You see, Cicely’s mother was a Blaxploitation star known for her sex appeal, while she is a survivor of sexual assault with life-long body image issues— all of which has left her with a strong aversion to getting naked in public. Now, with the support of her boyfriend, Joel (Ron Cephas Jones), she tries to get past her fear. Celebrated as a key film in the canon of independent African-American cinema of the ‘90s, Bridgett M. Davis’s NAKED ACTS has long been unavailable. The Brattle is thrilled to bring this smart, sexy, and funny film back to our screen for the first time since its Boston premiere here in 1996. – KinoLorber