Directors Ryan White & Alex Clausen in Person

RAW! UNCUT! VIDEO! chronicles the rise and fall of homegrown gay porn studio Palm Drive Video, and exploreshow a devoted couple helped battle a devastating health crisis by promotingkinky sex.

Legendary leatherman Jack Fritscher met Mark Hemry in 1979 at Harvey Milk’s birthday party – and the two fell headover heels in love. When the AIDS epidemic swept through San Francisco, the couple left the city to begin a new venture: turning a rural ranch in Sonoma County into a safe-sex porn studio that offered viewers new sexualpossibilities in an age of plague. Casting rugged non-professional models to explore their unique erotic fantasies onscreen, the studio explored a wild array of queer kinks – and helped champion sex- positivity in the porn industry.

CONTENT WARNING: NUDITY, BDSM

Brattle passes not accepted. SNAP/EBT will be accepted at the door.

This feature will be preceded by the following short film:

BIG SUR GAY PORN (12 min)
Cult filmmaker Tom DeSimone revisits the production of a lost gay film and resurrects youthful adventures on the California coast. CONTENT WARNING: NUDITY
dir Ryan White • USA • English • 2023