Private practices: the story of a sex surrogate

This is a highly acclaimed, awards-winning documentary (Winner, best documentary: USA Film Festival & Atlanta Film Festival) about a new form of sex therapy. This controversial therapy arranges for a client with sexual problems to go through a series of sexual exercises with a substitute sexual partner, or sex surrogate. Focusing on America’s most well-known sex surrogate, Maureen Sullivan, the film shows her working with two of her clients through all stages of therapy. Called “controversial and startling ... a documentary with real power” by Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times, PRVTE PRACTICES is the compelling and emotional portrayal of two men struggling to overcome their sexual problems and the woman who showed them how. PRIVATE PRACTICES is particularly appropriate for INPUT because it focuses on a very controversial subject with a direct and unconventional approach. Utilizing the television viewer’s private and immediate relationship to the medium, the film goes deep into the sexual and emotional experiences of three real people. By showing their stories, without contextualization by an “expert” narrator, the film allows the viewer to learn from the experience of these people and thereby better understanding their own fears and desires.