Feminist film showing June 3rd and 7th, "Slippery Slope"

People keep contacting me about films, which is always a nice surprise, especially when they're ones I don't think I'd have heard about otherwise. I love that Slippery Slope is described as a comedy about feminism and porn - we need more of those! I'll be interviewing Sarah soon too so watch out for that. You can watch a trailer on the site; it's showing June 3rd and June 7th at the Brooklyn Film Festival. Also, something important for writers too: great blurbs. Since being asked to give blurbs and starting to think about getting blurbs, I've become totally obsessed with them. This looks like a perfect way to end BEA weekend.

In the comedy "Slippery Slope," a fierce young feminist filmmaker who is desperate for cash to finish her documentary "Feminism for Dummies" secretly takes a job directing a porn film after her other moneymaking schemes don't pan out. She brings her feminist ideals to the porn set, and the experience unexpectedly awakens her slumbering sexuality, arousing the suspicions of her politically-correct husband and threatening her marriage.

After three sold-out screenings at the 2006 Montreal World Film Festival, the Montreal Gazette called Slippery Slope “a huge success” and said “Montreal audiences are eating up Slippery Slope.”

In this feel-good movie a young idealistic director's film is in the can, but not in Cannes unless she can pay the $50,000 film production cost to send “Feminism for Dummies” on its way to the prestigious French film festival. Sarah Scheck wrote and directed this cute screwball comedy based on, well, screwing. Laudable first film. -Judy Edelhoff, The American Magazine (Rome), March 2007.

David Brown (Producer, Jaws, Cocoon, The Player) called Slippery Slope a “fresh and amusing send-up of pornography, funny and well done…good cast and first-rate writing.”

Judith Helfand (Director, Blue Vinyl, A Healthy Baby Girl) said, "I watched Slippery Slope and cheered for filmmaker Sarah Schenck -- for her ability to translate her warmth, wonder, chutzpah, and serious humor to the screen. Slippery Slope shows feminism as a dynamic notion that gets redefined by every generation, much like pornography. Sarah lets us into that world, rife with the sexual, gender, and feminist politics of our time. Moo shu will never taste the same."

Nora Ephron (screenwriter and director, Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail, When Harry Met Sally) writes: “The movie looks great…and you got great work out of the actors.”

Susan Faludi (author, Backlash, Stiffed) wrote "Slippery Slope was delightful and yes, you did make me laugh in many spots...I admire your verve in tackling a dicey subject."

Shere Hite (author, The Hite Report on Female Sexuality, The Hite Report on Male Sexuality - over 40 million books published) says, “I loved your film “Slippery Slope,” it is hilarious, funny, multi-layered and really warm.”

Academy-award nominated animator Bill Plympton raves "I've just seen Slippery Slope by Sarah Schenck and it's a wonderful and very funny film. You'll love it."