Remedy at Emerson

Directed by Cheyenne Picardo
March 21, 2017 from 7:00 - 10:00pm
Bright Family Screening Room (559 Washington St., downtown Boston)

Remedy follows a young woman from the underground kink clubs of New York City into the world of commodified BDSM where workers are paid to embody the sexual and psychological fantasies of complete strangers. Despite her habitually submissive tastes, the woman finds a job as a dominatrix at a commercial dungeon, working under the pseudonym “Mistress Remedy.” Before long her personal proclivities peek through the veneer. She begins to show her compliant side to a few regulars. Soon an unscrupulous night manager asks Remedy to session with dominant clients, where she will be the client’s slave for the hour. Remedy quickly realizes that her submissiveness at home does not prepare her for the pressures and risks of this lesser-known side of the sexual service industry.

Film to be followed by Q&A discussion with film director, Cheyenne Picardo. The discussion will be moderated by author Melissa Gira Grant.