Naked Acts
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Director: Bridgett M. Davis Run Time: 87 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1996
Starring: Jake-Ann Jones, John McKie, Lee Dobson, Patricia DeArcy, Ron Cephas Jones
Screenwriter/Producer: Bridgett M. Davis
Celebrated as a key film in the canon of independent cinema by African-Americans in the 1990s, Bridgett M. Davis’s Naked Acts was included in the seminal anthology “The 50 Most Influential Black Films” by S. Torriano Berry. Beautiful aspiring actor Cicely (Jake-ann Jones) has just landed her first major role, but there’s a big problem: it requires a nude scene. Her mother was a Blaxploitation star known for her sex appeal, while Cicely is a survivor of sexual assault with life-long body image issues, all of which has left her with a strong aversion to disrobing in public. Now, with the support of her boyfriend Joel (Ron Cephas Jones), she attempts to get past her fear.
Naked Acts has been digitally restored and remastered by Lightbox Film Center at University of the Arts (Philadelphia) in collaboration with Milestone Film, with support from Ron and Suzanne Naples. This 2023 restoration is from the 16mm a/b rolls preserved at the Indiana University Black Film Center & Archive.