Waking Aphrodite
(2007) 

DIR.:
Sarah Gonser
Lance Kruger
TRT:
58 min
MPAA RATING:
NR
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From a proper Catholic debutante to radical, exhibitionist sex teacher, Waking Aphrodite follows one woman's journey, as seen through the eyes of her daughter, as she comes to painful terms with growing old.


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FULL SYNOPSIS

Waking Aphrodite began as a daughter’s quest to explore her mother’s dramatic transformation from proper catholic debutante to radical sex teacher. At age fifty, the filmmaker’s mother, Maggie Tapert, decided to become a “sacred prostitute”. Indelibly shaped by her conservative Grosse Pointe, Michigan, upbringing, she had always safely followed the rules of polite society concerning acceptable sexual behavior. Her decision to step off the beaten path would alter the course of her life forever. Now Tapert faces a daunting and unavoidable question: After a decade of sexual exploration, what happens once she no longer looks the part of sex adventurer and exhibitionist? Waking Aphrodite follows sex teacher Tapert, as seen through the eyes of her daughter, as she faces the sobering, often heartbreaking, realities of her own advancing age. Teaching a strenuous, yearlong sex seminar while on the verge of becoming a grandmother, and struggling to remain close to her ailing and aging husband, Tapert painfully and candidly begins to deconstruct a lifetime of myths about beauty, sex, and love.

CAST & CREW

  • Producer(s): Sarah Gonser, Lance Kruger
  • Writer(s): Sarah Gonser

ADDITIONAL CREDITS

  • Executive Producer: Susannah Ludwig; Editor: Lance Kruger; Narrator: Sarah Gonser; Camera: Lance Kruger; Composer: Quentin Jennings

AWARDS

  • Silverdocs: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival; Independent Feature Project

GENRES

Documentary  

SUBJECTS

Health Education, Sex Education, Women's Issues, Biography and Autobiography, Family Issues, Health and Medicine, Identity Ethnicity and Sexuality, Life Stages, Sexual Practices, Society and Culture

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EXTERNAL LINKS

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