Mums Make Porn

I wonder why this is not popular. Nobody is talking about it.

This 3-part documentary is not perfect but it is a good contemporary reflection on the state of sexual education and the role that porn plays in this. The moms are committed but also somewhat naive. The makers chose the emotional perspective rather than the 'behind the scene' technicalities of porn film making. But the premise of the mothers is that they want to make a movie that they could show their children, and in that sense the doc is thought provoking. In Erika Lust they find a 'new wave' porn maker who makes movies to their liking.

Meanwhile one blatant omission is the role of the fathers. They are so absent that one starts to wonder if they are all single mothers. Are these mothers indifferent to what the fathers of their children think about porn?

Considering the British output of documentaries about sex and porn, this is a welcome perspective and addition.

After several women complain how women are objectified and portrayed in porn, they go on a quest to make their own "good" porn. Naturally these whacked out women have scared all men away from they so they need to find one to act in their porno. When they interview the first candidate their first question on their minds are "Do you have a really big penis". And then they complain about men.

I watched this mini-series some time ago. It rose a lot of questions but was definitely not boring. I was constantly on the edge of moralizing "you can't do that" or feeling straight up entertained and excited in a voeyristic way about the moms' shocked reactions to porn they saw, and then their unorthodox ideas about themselves making a sex film and what would it be like.

I still don't know what's the moral lesson here but since I enjoy documentaries that deal with controversial topics this was definitely an interesting watch.