Naked Acts

Directed by Bridgett M. Davis

Release Year: 1996
Running time: 87
Country: United States
Language: English
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Screening Request
Directed by: Bridgett M. Davis

Celebrated as a key film in the canon of independent cinema by African-Americans in the 1990s, Bridgett M. Davis’s Naked Acts was included in the seminal anthology “The 50 Most Influential Black Films” by S. Torriano Berry. Beautiful aspiring actor Cicely (Jake-ann Jones) has just landed her first major role, but there's a big problem: it requires a nude scene. Her mother was a Blaxploitation star known for her sex appeal, while Cicely is a survivor of sexual assault with life-long body image issues, all of which has left her with a strong aversion to disrobing in public. Now, with the support of her boyfriend Joel (Ron Cephas Jones), she attempts to get past her fear.

Reviews

“Fresh, funny and original...Naked Acts is one pic people will be falling over one another to claim they have discovered”

Daniel M. Kimmel, Variety
 

“An off-beat, razor-sharp comedy”

 

The New York Times
 

“Smartly written and charmingly neurotic”

New York Magazine
 

“A rewarding and invigorating find”

Nicole Keeter, Time Out New York
 

Trailer Embed Code

Download Trailer