That's Sexploitation!
2013, English. Directed by Frank Henenlotter & David F. Friedman & Donald A. Davis.
This documentary reveals the untold story of American cinema's gloriously sordid cinematic past.
Before the advent of modern-day pornography, a vast and rapidly-paced world of smut peddling was the norm, complete with its own secret history. This documentary reveals the untold story of American cinema's gloriously sordid cinematic past. Starting in the 1920s, expert exploiteer David F. Friedman and Henenlotter navigate us through more than five salacious decades of skin flicks. It's the true story of dirty movies, traced in elegant detail from the bizarre locations where these nudie shorts were screened to the ongoing legal battles fought by their promoters. And of course there are the stories of the innovators themselves, people who often risked their own security and livelihood to make these films, believing in some way that what they were doing wasn't a 'bad' thing - and that it could rake in some dough.
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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That's Sexploitation! is streaming on Cultpix in India.
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Cast & crew
- Frank HenenlotterDirector
- David F. FriedmanDirector
- Donald A. DavisDirector
- Frank HenenlotterHimself
- David F. FriedmanHimself
- Gal FridayHerself
- Albert CadabraHimself
- Bettie PageSelf - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)
- Brigitte BardotSelf (archive footage)
- Tempest StormSelf - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)
- Lili St. CyrSelf - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)
- Blaze StarrSelf/Belle Fleming (archive footage)
- Sally RandSelf - Burlesque Fan Dancer (archive footage)
- Virginia BellSelf - Burlesque Performer (archive footage)
- Marcia Mae Jonesarchive footage
Details
- Released
- 25 June 2013
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Frank Henenlotter, David F. Friedman, Donald A. Davis
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That's Sexploitation! runs 136 minutes (2h 16m).
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That's Sexploitation! is streaming on Cultpix in India. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like That's Sexploitation!?
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Who directed That's Sexploitation!?
That's Sexploitation! (2013) was directed by Frank Henenlotter and David F. Friedman and Donald A. Davis and stars Frank Henenlotter, David F. Friedman, Gal Friday.