The groundbreaking adult film “Deep Throat” which The New York Times called “Porno Chic,” will be screened at alt film festival CineKink in New York City this Friday, August 4th at 9PM at Wild Project at 195 E 3rd St. New York, NY 10009 (betw. Ave. A & B) and the son and daughter of Gerard Damiano the legendary director, Gerard Jr. and Christar will be promoting this event on In Hot Water with Geno Bisconte today at 3pm ET/12 noon PT at www.compoundmedia,com

Christar Says “We look forward to being on ‘In Hot Water’ to talk about the events which lead up to the making of ‘Deep Throat,’ and being on location in Miami during production. We will share stories of the impact that it had not just on our family, but on American culture.”

 

Her brother Gerard adds “Some theaters have been reluctant to show the film for fear of pushback based on comments that Linda made years later while being coached by anti-porn feminists. Her story is a very complicated one. There is no doubt that she suffered greatly at the hands of her husband. People assume that he beat her because she didn’t want to perform in the film, but the truth of what actually happened on the set of “Deep Throat” is very different.”

 

On what would have been Writer/Director Gerard Damiano’s 95 Birthday, CineKink will honor him with a screening of his most notorious film “Deep Throat.” His son and daughter Gerard Jr. and Christar Damiano will appear to present their 4K restoration, which is considered to be the definitive version of the film, live. This will be followed by a talkback moderated by CineKink Founder and Director Lisa Vandever. The Damianos will share their stories of being on location in Miami during the filming of “Deep Throat” and growing up with “The King of Porn.” They will be joined by a panel of illustrious guests to discuss the history, cultural impact, and controversy surrounding the film, which includes:

 

Kaytlin Bailey host of The Oldest Profession Podcast and Founder/Executive Director of Old Pros, a non-profit media organization creating the conditions to change the status of sex workers in society.

 

Women’s Studies, and Gender Studies Scholar Whitney Strub, who is the Co-Editor of “Porno Chic and the Sex Wars: American Sexual Representation in the 1970s” and Author of “Perversion for Profit: The Politics of Pornography and the Rise of the New Right.

 

With a special appearance by Porn Star, Journalist, and Founder of Miss Vera’s Finishing School for Boys Who Want to be Girls, Veronica Vera

 

All attendees are invited to an after-party following the show, a Birthday Party for Gerard Damiano Sr. with Pizza, Cake and Ice cream sponsored by Damiano Films The location will be revealed at the screening.

 

For Tickets to “Deep Throat” visit:

https://www.goelevent.com/CineKink/e/DeepThroat

 

For Festival Packages visit:

https://www.goelevent.com/CineKink/Package/Sale

 

For More Information about CineKink 2023 visit: http://www.cinekink.com and you may follow them on Twitter at https://twitter.com/CineKink on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/cinekink/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/1017093076364700

 

You may follow “Deep Throat” on Twitter at twitter.com/deepthroatfilm on Instagram at instagram.com/deepthroatmovie/ and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/deepthroatfilm

 

For more information about Damiano Films visit damianofilms.com.

 

For information on how you may #VoteThroat and help “Deep Throat” join the ranks of American classic cinema in the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry, visit: VoteThroat.org

 

About “Deep Throat”

 

The Zeitgeist of 1972, “Deep Throat” brought adult films into the mainstream and kick-started the Sexual Revolution. Its success was unprecedented, breaking box office records in its very first week of exhibition. Lauded as one of the first hardcore films to feature a plot, character development, and production values, it pushed the limits of what could be shown on screen and made an international celebrity of its star, Linda Lovelace. Busted by police, picketed, and banned, the ongoing prosecution only added to the film’s popularity. It would help to create the Adult Film Industry and an audience hungry for feature length films with adult content. Celebrities, dignitaries, couples and women joined the usual “raincoat crowd,” waiting in lines that wrapped around the block just to see it. The immense popularity of “Deep Throat” made it a symbol of the new sexual freedom and therefore a target. President Richard Nixon attacked the film in an effort to draw attention away from his own wrongdoing. “Citizens for Decent Literature,” used their crusade against pornography to galvanize the burgeoning “Conservative Christian” movement. Joining forces with the Republican Party, they made their cause not just a “moral” one, but a political one as well.

 

The newly organized “Anti-Porn Feminists” also staged protests and sought to ban the film. For a time, even Linda Lovelace joined their cause, making comments on the talk show circuit, which cast a shadow over the production. It would be years before she rejected the feminists, claiming that they had used her and returned to porn, posing for Leg Show magazine, before her untimely death in 2002. The Federal Government went after male lead Harry Reems. Fearing they could be next, A–list Hollywood stars formed the “Harry Reems Defense Fund,” a cause célèbre. He was eventually acquitted of all crimes, but the persecution took a tremendous toll on him. Legal battles were fought all the way to the Supreme Court. Finally, it was not the film itself, but the very definition of “obscenity” that was on trial. “Deep Throat” became emblematic of the Free Speech Movement and all the while its popularity grew.

 

The film’s title was used to conceal the identity of informant W. Mark Felt who helped Woodward and Bernstein to break the Watergate story. When the President was finally brought to justice, Damiano quipped “Nixon tried to take down ‘Deep Throat’, but in the end it was ‘Deep Throat’ who took down Nixon.” A half century later the film enjoys a cult status, having found its way into every aspect of popular culture. Referenced in countless films, documentaries, and TV shows, it has inspired songs, plays, and musicals. The term “Deep Throat” became a household word and can be found in Webster’s dictionary. “Deep Throat” is still considered to be the most profitable film of all time.

 

About Gerard Jr and Christar Damiano

 

Visual Artist and Filmmaker Gerard Damiano Jr. and Sound Healer & Performance Artist Christar Damiano are the only children of director Gerard Damiano Sr. They grew up in Queens, New York, in a house that always seemed to have film in the refrigerator.

 

They were raised to believe that the human body was “a thing of beauty” and never something to be ashamed of. They often accompanied their father to the film set (although they were never exposed to hardcore sex), and were on location in Miami with their family during the filming of “Deep Throat”. Reacting to their father’s arrest and subsequent prosecution, their mother reassured them that “People don’t understand him because he’s ahead of his time.” Gerard and Christar believe that their father’s time has finally come. They have dedicated themselves to preserving his legacy and continuing his fight for Freedom of Expression without censorship through their company Damiano Films.