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Movie poster: Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography (1981)
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Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography

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1981 · 69 min Documentary
5.7 / 10 · TMDB

Filmmaker Bonnie Sherr Klein and former stripper Lindalee Tracy explore the pornography industry by visiting strip clubs, peep shows, and adult film sets while interviewing performers, sex workers, critics, and feminist writers. Through these encounters, the documentary examines the production, economics, and cultural debates surrounding pornography.

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Year 1981
Country Canada
Genre Documentary
Director Bonnie Sherr Klein
Runtime 69 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.7/10 (15 votes)

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The film constructs its argument through unflinching access and firsthand testimony, relying on the contrast between clinical observation and personal revelation. It explores pornography as an industrial system, laying bare its economic engines and human costs.

What lingers after viewing is not imagery, but the unresolved tension between agency and exploitation, a debate that remains fiercely relevant decades later. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Bonnie Sherr Klein

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