(A)sexual (2011)
Directed by Angela Tucker
Stars: David Jay, Dan Savage, Anthony Borgaert, Lori Britto, Carol Queen and Cynthia Graham
I was trying to find a film about the subject of asexuality. Those films are few and far between. I managed to find this documentary on PlutoTV.
The subject of the documentary, David Jay, the founder of AVEN (Asexual Visibility and Education Network). He is bringing awareness to asexuality, which is a person that does not have the desire to have sex. David goes on the talk show circuit to bring the subject to the general public. Sometimes, people treat it as a joke, but 1% of the population are under the asexual umbrella.
Being a genderqueer person of color that happens to be demisexual-- a person that can only have sexual attraction when you have strong feelings for someone-- I wanted the movie to be more informative. The thing is the information was good in the beginning of the movie. People have to realize that being celibate does not equate to being asexual. Is there a correlation between autism and asexuality?
The biggest problem I had with the documentary is that it was bogged down with the talking head segments. There is also a section where the documentary was focusing on a confusing story of David with his lesbian friend, a straight friend and her boyfriend. I was checked out from then on. I seemed that the middle section to the end credits meandered.
Rating: 5/10
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