Naked Acts (1998)

Don't be put off by the steamy-erotic-thriller style title. In this comedy-drama Cece (Jake-Ann Jones), is the pretty, grownup daughter of a former 1970s "blaxploitation" movie sexpot, and when she tries to carve out her own fledgling acting career she
vows that she won't become famous by taking all her clothes off, the way her mother did. But straightaway Cece is cast in a small-time screen drama playing a painter's model--and the role calls for extensive nudity. Will she or won't she strip for the (male) director, the (male) screenwriter, and their cameras? First-time filmmaker Davis was obviously working with a budget hardly bigger than Cece's film-within-a-film, and some gaffes slip through in the production values. But it's also a sly feminist farce that addresses the hypocrisy surrounding the last taboo in cinema: keeping your clothing on. This feature's true soul sister on tape is a highly-personal documentary by Odette Springer about images of women in sleaze movies she herself helped make, SOME NUDITY REQUIRED.