Naked Acts [In-Person Only]
$14 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 NWFF Member
About
(Bridgett M. Davis, US, 1996, 87 min, in English)
** New 4K restoration! **
Beautiful aspiring actor Cicely (Jake-ann Jones) has just landed her first major role, but there’s a big problem: it requires a nude scene. Her mother was a Blaxploitation star known for her sex appeal, while Cicely is a survivor of sexual assault with lifelong body image issues, all of which has left her with a strong aversion to disrobing in public. Now, with the support of her boyfriend Joel (Ron Cephas Jones), she attempts to get past her fear.
Celebrated as a key film in the canon of independent African American cinema in the 1990s, Bridgett M. Davis’s Naked Acts was included in the seminal anthology “The 50 Most Influential Black Films” by S. Torriano Berry. It won Best Feature Film by the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Best Film at the Berlin Black Film Festival, Best of the Fest Selection at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival, and was an Official Selection at the Festival/PanAfricain Du Cinema (FESPACO) in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
Credit for all film stills: Photo by Bridgett Davis, Kindred Spirits Productions (1998).
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The majority of seats in our main cinema are 21″ wide from armrest to armrest; some seats are 19″ wide. We are working on creating the option of removable armrests!
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