Sex and the U.S.A.

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Director Jan Wellman (Pyromania) explores the potential pitfalls of abstinence-only sexual education through the perspective of a contemplative California teen who documents her own efforts to honor a school-sponsored vow of chastity. An impressionable yet self-assured adolescent coming of age in a sex-obsessed culture, fourteen year old Audrey decides to remain a virgin until marriage. As Audrey records her experiences via video camera footage, web cam clips, and social media interactions, the growing disconnect...
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Overview

Director Jan Wellman (Pyromania) explores the potential pitfalls of abstinence-only sexual education through the perspective of a contemplative California teen who documents her own efforts to honor a school-sponsored vow of chastity. An impressionable yet self-assured adolescent coming of age in a sex-obsessed culture, fourteen year old Audrey decides to remain a virgin until marriage. As Audrey records her experiences via video camera footage, web cam clips, and social media interactions, the growing disconnect between her conservative values and her connected lifestyle opens the doorway for risky activities that seem to directly contradict her pledge to abstain from sex while highlighting the difficulty of remaining pure in the modern world - where morality seems to exist in complex shades of grey rather than simple black and white.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 7/27/2010
  • UPC: 853937002292
  • Original Release: 2008

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  • Source: Breaking Glass
  • Region Code: 1
  • Presentation: Wide Screen
  • Time: 1:28:00
  • Format: DVD
  • Sales rank: 80,119

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Shayla Beesley
Jaime Perkins
Josh Fallon
Gwen Davis
Technical Credits
Dan Capuzzi Editor
Esther Goodstein Producer
Pierre Kalfon Executive Producer
Adam Levine Editor
Adam Levine Editor
Gigi Malavasi Cinematographer
Alain Siritzky Producer
Stephanie K. Smith Screenwriter
Jan Wellmann Producer
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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Sex and the U.S.A.
1. Abstinence Pledge [5:28]
2. Too Religious [8:46]
3. Standing Up for Jesus [6:19]
4. Innocent [5:57]
5. Is Sex Wrong? [6:51]
6. First Time [5:58]
7. Acting Like a Whore [6:07]
8. Pleasure Train [6:44]
9. Doesn't Count [6:22]
10. Saints [6:45]
11. All Sinners [6:09]
12. Deliver Us From Evil [8:10]
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