11.30 2011
LECTURE: “A BRIEF HISTORY OF PORN” SATURDAY December 3rd 8:00pm
“A Brief History of Porn: A Multimedia Lecture” 8:00pm @ Space 1026
FREE!
“A Brief History of Porn” is a multimedia lecture delivered by Sam Benjamin, author of the forthcoming book, “American Gangbang: A Love Story” (Simon and Schuster, 2011), a true memoir of Benjamin’s five-year stint as director and performer in Los Angeles’s adult film industry.
Length: Approximately 90minutes.
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About Sam Benjamin
Sam Benjamin was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. From 1995 to 1999, he attended Brown University. Upon graduating, he received the annual William J. Weston Award for achievement in Film and Video. Post-school life led Sam to Santa Cruz, California, where he first conceived of his pornographic destiny. He would create “feel-good” erotic films – adult movies that actually had some sort of plot – and sell them on eBay, garnering a modest fame for his efforts, revolutionizing a dying genre, and making a small killing in the process.
Benjamin worked in porn for three years; became rich; found porno love; broke his heart; burnt out; quit the biz; cleared his head; atoned for his sins; returned home; applied to graduate school.
Sam Benjamin graduated from the California Institute of the Arts in 2005, with a joint degree in Critical Studies and Integrated Media. He has been a guest lecturer at NYU and will speak extensively this fall at universities across the United States.