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Event: 'Passion & Power: The Technology Of Orgasm' Print
  Feminist
Date: Friday, November 28, 2008 At 03:00 PM
Duration: 1 Day
Repeat Event: Every Day
Contact Info:
312-846-2074
Email: kdurha@saic.edu
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The Gene Siskel Film Center will be showing a new documentary called Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm. Riddled with tongue-in-cheek humor, the film documents the history of the electric vibrator form 19th century medical use to reemergence in the 1970s as the means by which many women learned to take control of their own sexuality. Sexologist Betty Dodson, performance artist Reno, and author Rachel Maines are some of the individuals seen in this documentary. For more information, please contact the Gene Siskel Film Center at 312-846-2074 or e-mail kdurha@saic.edu. The schedule is as follows: Friday, Nov. 28, 7:00pm Saturday, Nov. 29, 8:00pm Monday, Dec. 1, 8:15pm Tuesday, Dec. 2, 8:00pm Thursday, Dec. 4, 8:00pm Tickets are $9 each, $7 for students, $5 for members. Tickets are available at the Film Center Box Office. Hours: 5pm-9pm Monday-Friday, 2pm-9pm Saturdays, 2pm-6pm Sunday. Tickets can also be purchased through Ticketmaster by calling 312-575-8000, visit www.ticketmaster.com, or visit any Ticketmaster outlet. The Gene Siskel Film Center is located at 164 N. State Street. Our phone number is 312-846-2800. For more information, visit our website: www.siskelfilmcenter.org


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