A Sexplanation
Rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
A New York Times Critic's Pick
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A Sexplanation
Director: Alex Liu Run time: 81 minutes Release Date: 06-07-2022 | SRP: $24.95 | CAT#: PRDVD4938 | UPC: 672975894788
Genres: Documentary, LGBTQ Studies
Synopsis:
From neuroscience labs to church pews, A Sexplanation follows a grown man on a journey to unlearn the sexual shame he grew up with thanks to his American sex education. The documentary features provocative conversations with psychologists, sex researchers—and even a Jesuit priest. With humor and grit, Alex takes audiences on a playful, heartfelt journey from a shame-filled past to a happier, healthier future. Visit this Shopify link to purchase: bit.ly/3DbbwmC |
Awards & Press:
PRESS:
NEW YORK TIMES CRITIC'S PICK
"Alex Liu explores the politics and culture of sex ed in the United States while confronting his own shame around sexuality that stems back to his adolescence"
- The New York Times
"'A Sexplanation' Director Alex Liu Unpacks The Failures Of Sex Education In America"
- Variety
"Liu is an enjoyably charismatic guide, as his doubts and questions about the birds and the bees mirror many of our own"
- The Guardian
"sweet, humane, and sometimes uncomfortably blunt"
- Paste Magazine
"Breezy and engaging, "Sexplanation" doesn't go beyond beyond being titillating, but it does make significant points."
- Randy Myers, Top Rotten Tomatoes Critic, San Jose Mercury News
"Thanks to its frank, accessible and amusing format, the doc could easily serve as a sex education resource for parents and teachers."
- Joe Lipsett, Queer.Horror.Movies
"Fun, informative, and sex-positive...A Sexplanation unabashedly puts the "d" in doc."
- Pat Mullen, POV Magazine
Festival Awards:
Audience Award for Documentary Feature, Cinequest
Audience Award for Documentary Feature, Inside Out LGBT Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature, Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature, DC APA Film Festival
Donor’s Choice Feature Film, Phoenix Film Festival
Festival Selection:
Frameline
Cinequest
InsideOut LGBTQ
Cleveland International Film Festival
Portland International Film Festival
Zurich Film Festival
Phoenix Film Festival
São Paulo International Film Festival
44th Asian American International Film Festival
Heartland Film Festival
DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival
MIX COPENHAGEN Film Festival
AGLIFF/Prism Film Festival
Tallgrass Film Festival
The New Haven Documentary Film Festival
Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival
American Documentary Film Festival
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival
Queer Screen (Sydney)
Seattle Queer
Out on Film (Atlanta LGBT)
NEW YORK TIMES CRITIC'S PICK
"Alex Liu explores the politics and culture of sex ed in the United States while confronting his own shame around sexuality that stems back to his adolescence"
- The New York Times
"'A Sexplanation' Director Alex Liu Unpacks The Failures Of Sex Education In America"
- Variety
"Liu is an enjoyably charismatic guide, as his doubts and questions about the birds and the bees mirror many of our own"
- The Guardian
"sweet, humane, and sometimes uncomfortably blunt"
- Paste Magazine
"Breezy and engaging, "Sexplanation" doesn't go beyond beyond being titillating, but it does make significant points."
- Randy Myers, Top Rotten Tomatoes Critic, San Jose Mercury News
"Thanks to its frank, accessible and amusing format, the doc could easily serve as a sex education resource for parents and teachers."
- Joe Lipsett, Queer.Horror.Movies
"Fun, informative, and sex-positive...A Sexplanation unabashedly puts the "d" in doc."
- Pat Mullen, POV Magazine
Festival Awards:
Audience Award for Documentary Feature, Cinequest
Audience Award for Documentary Feature, Inside Out LGBT Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature, Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature, DC APA Film Festival
Donor’s Choice Feature Film, Phoenix Film Festival
Festival Selection:
Frameline
Cinequest
InsideOut LGBTQ
Cleveland International Film Festival
Portland International Film Festival
Zurich Film Festival
Phoenix Film Festival
São Paulo International Film Festival
44th Asian American International Film Festival
Heartland Film Festival
DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival
MIX COPENHAGEN Film Festival
AGLIFF/Prism Film Festival
Tallgrass Film Festival
The New Haven Documentary Film Festival
Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival
American Documentary Film Festival
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival
Queer Screen (Sydney)
Seattle Queer
Out on Film (Atlanta LGBT)
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