Film and Director Talk Million-Dollar Orgasm Comes At High Cost at the Wolfsonian 4/1/10

Film & Director’s Talk
Thursday, April 1, 7pm
Million-Dollar Orgasm Comes At High Cost—Join filmmaker Liz Canner for a discussion on women’s pharmaceutical objectification following the screening of her documentary Orgasm, Inc. (2009, USA, Liz Canner, 78 minutes, color, DVD). The film offers a provocative look at how pharmaceutical companies risk women’s health and happiness for billions in profits to treat the newest “disease,” Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD), as they attempt to create the female version of Viagra. Co-presented with the World Erotic Art Museum (WEAM), FIU College of Arts and Sciences, FIU Women’s Studies Center, and the FIU Women’s Studies Graduate Student Association. For more information: 305.535.2644 or lydia@thewolf.fiu.edu. Free for members and FIU community, $10 all others.
The Wolfsonian
1001 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33139

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