Pornography: The Secret History Of Civilization — Season 1, Episode 5: Sex Lives and Videotape
Documentary • 60 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 3.7/10
Episode synopsis
Shows how the advent of video ended pornography's crossover dreams. Video re-made pornography in its own image, replacing the glamour and fantasy of the movies with a real documentary style. The most significant contribution of video was that it turned consumers into producers; the audience picked up cameras and started recording their sex lives on videotape!
About Pornography: The Secret History Of Civilization
Ten years in the making, PORNOGRAPHY: THE SECRET HISTORY OF CIVILISATION is a six-part series, which tells for the first time on British television the history of pornography. This landmark series charts the changes in imagery prompted by the advent of new technologies over thousands of years: from ancient times to print, photography, film, video and the Internet.