Wonders of the Unseen World: A Night of Stag Films on 16mm

Pickle your peter with the Forty Drop Few and Astral Projections, and come for an evening of old time music and early 1900s stag films projected on 16mm. The film selection, which comes from the Nyback Archive, includes some incredibly rare films that can’t be seen in any other way.

As a collector of antique smut, I was thrilled to find out about Ioana and Garrett’s collection of early 1900s stag reels. This event is an absolute DELIGHT for me not only because I’m obsessed with antique porn, but also because I get to help choose which stag films were showing AND I get to play music for you all while we’re watching them.

As soon as photography and videography were invented, they were used to make pornography. The making and distribution of pornographic materials was completely illegal due to the Comstock Act of 1873 and these obscenity restrictions were not relaxed until 1957. These laws of course did not slow down the production of porn by much, folks were just careful with their distribution. The films were mostly viewed at brothels and men’s stag parties. The majority of the women who acted and modeled for films and photos were sex workers who were found through brothels. 

I find antique pornography beautiful, interesting, educational, and a wonderful eye-opening connection between the past and the present. I am always showing it and have given a few presentations on it at PCC. People are too frequently shocked that it can be just a crazy as pornography today. They always say “they were doing that back then???” Of course they were! They were just as intense, just as freaky, just as weird, and also unfortunately just as evil as we are today.

But we will only be showing the good stuff! So please join us for an evening of beautiful, freaky, weird, sexy, shocking old porn from the early 1900s! And also, wouldn’t it be great for Ioana and Garrett to be able to digitally transfer their entire collection of stag reels so that we can perhaps create an online archive of our very own? Do you have ideas for funding a project like that? Do you want to fund a project like that? If so please hit me up! 

Candle Sue

21 + only , I.D. will be checked at the door for admission.