06/20/2025
Day 19 of Pride Tapes: Dangerous When Wet (1999) — An anthology of le***an short films offering a snapshot of 1990s q***r filmmaking with a fierce, unapologetic edge.
Includes:
• Adam (Andrea Stoops, 1995) – A playful claymation where a young girl is mistaken for a boy and revels in the misgendering, described as “a wry animated look at the playground conquest by a butch baby dyke.”
• Dangerous When Wet (Diane Bender, 1992) – A cheeky, ironic tale about a woman’s first or**sm and the struggle to articulate the experience. “…such slippery fun you might slide off your seat.” – Village Voice
• Sleep Come Free Me (Laurie Schmidt, 1998) – A lonely office worker’s life is upended by a sensual, mysterious encounter. Award-winning and praised for its erotic tension.
• Blue Diary (Jeni Olson, 1997) – A poetic monologue from a young le***an obsessed with a one-night stand, narrated by Lynn Flipper of Tribe 8.
• I’m Starving (Yau Ching, 1998) – Erotic ghost story meets Chinatown apartment drama as two women—one alive, one dead—collide in desire.
• Badass Supermama (Etang Inyang, 1996) – A spirited, personal essay film about race, gender, and sexuality, drawing inspiration from 1970s blaxploitation icon Pam Grier.
