Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
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2020
2h 11m
6.5(52 votes)
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The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that led to the use of nudity in films while emphasizing the political, sociological and artistic changes that shaped that history. Skin will also study the gender inequality in presenting nude images in motion pictures and will follow the revolution that has created nude gender equality in feature films today.

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49 members
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Malcolm McDowell

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Malcolm McDowell
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Shannon Elizabeth

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Shannon Elizabeth
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Sean Young

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Sean Young
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Traci Lords

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Traci Lords
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Eric Roberts

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Eric Roberts
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Kristanna Loken

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Kristanna Loken
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Pam Grier

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Pam Grier
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Cerina Vincent

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Cerina Vincent
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Linda Blair

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Linda Blair
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Diane Franklin

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Diane Franklin
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Sybil Danning

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Sybil Danning
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Peter Bogdanovich

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Peter Bogdanovich
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Bruce Davison

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Bruce Davison
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Mariel Hemingway

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Mariel Hemingway
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Joe Dante

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Joe Dante
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Amy Heckerling

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Amy Heckerling
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Mamie Van Doren

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Mamie Van Doren
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Martine Beswick

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Martine Beswick
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Erica Gavin

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Erica Gavin
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Irv Slifkin

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Amy Nicholson

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Amy Nicholson
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Ken Davitian

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Ken Davitian
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Brinke Stevens

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Brinke Stevens
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Richard Roeper

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Richard Roeper
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Martha Coolidge

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Martha Coolidge
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E. G. Daily

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E. G. Daily
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Kristine DeBell

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Kristine DeBell
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David Del Valle

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Mat Gleason

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Joan Graves

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Selwyn Harris

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Camille Keaton

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Camille Keaton
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Barry Kemelhor

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Jonathan Kuntz

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Angela Landis

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Angela Landis
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Mick LaSalle

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Jimmy McDonough

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Sylvia Miles

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Sylvia Miles
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John Cameron Mitchell

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John Cameron Mitchell
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Rena Riffel

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Rena Riffel
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Eliza Roberts

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Eliza Roberts
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Alicia Rodis

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Betsy Russell

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Betsy Russell
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Tatiana Siegel

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Jim McBride

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Kevin Smith

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Kevin Smith
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Thomas Doherty

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Thomas Doherty
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Liz Goldwyn

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Phoebe Cates

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Phoebe Cates

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