Sex: The Annabel Chong Story
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| Directed by | Gough Lewis |
| Produced by | Gough Lewis |
| Cinematography | Gough Lewis |
| Editing by | Kelly Morris |
| Release date(s) | 1999 |
Sex: The Annabel Chong Story is a 1999 documentary film directed, filmed, and produced by Gough Lewis, and edited by co-creator Kelly Morris, which profiles porn star Annabel Chong (real name: Grace Quek). Quek, a gender studies student at the University of Southern California, was also an adult actress famous for setting a world record by having sex 251 times with 70 men in ten hours in January 1995. A video of this event was released under the title The World's Biggest Gang Bang.[1]
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[edit] Synopsis
The documentary explores all the worlds that have touched Quek, presenting the pieces of including her life as a student in Los Angeles California and London, her native Singapore and in the porn industry. It focuses on her reasons for working in porn, and her relationship with friends and family. The documentary reveals to the viewers that she was gang raped as a student living in London and describes her many complex emotional issues, including signs of depression, self-harm,[2] and substance abuse. The film also includes footage of a painful conversation in Singapore between Annabel and her mother, who until then didn't know about her daughter's porn career.
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The documentary became a hit when it was released at the Sundance Film Festival, nominated for the Grand Jury Prize, and championed by Robert Redford and Jeff Gilmore. The film was released in theatres in 50 countries. The film's North American release was halted or minimized as a result of a court case in the Superior Court of Canada instigated by David Whitten, a B-movie distributor.[3] David Whitten was legally extracted from the project and his junior producer credit removed, but not until after extensive commercial damage, sub-standard DVD creation and distribution, and collapsing North American Distribution of the film.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ CNN.com Sex sobers in controversial Sundance documentary by Paul Clinton
- ^ The Flick Filosopher article by Maryann Johanson
- ^ Moviemaker.com Straight From the Horse's Mouth: How To Avoid Distribution Hell by Keith Bearden
