Sanctity of Eros
Divine Pleasure is an exploration of sex as an act of divinity. The film features prominent practitioners and healers who have devoted their lives to pleasure.
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CAST
Maisha Aza, MSW, CMT
Leandra Desinord
Janet Raftis
G Shakim
Marla Renee Stewart, MA
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CREW
Kaliena Bowen
Director & EP
Kow is an interdisciplinary artist primarily focused on mixed media, found object design and filmmaking. Bowen finds life to be a contradicting, transformative, cyclical experience. Kow's work centers the essence of existence, attesting to the interconnected nature of the universe and all within it.
Maisha Aza MSW, CMT (she/they), founder of Black Girl Tantra, LLC is a fat, black, queer Tantric Shaman, and Intuitive. They help people access their sexual power for healing psycho-sexual and spiritual wounds.
Maisha Aza MSW, CMT (she/they), founder of Black Girl Tantra, LLC is a fat, black, queer Tantric Shaman, and Intuitive. They help people access their sexual power for healing psycho-sexual and spiritual wounds.
Gabrielle Morse
Assistant Director
Gabrielle Morse is an Atlanta-born Photographer and Film Maker. As a recent graduate, Gabrielle's mission as a creative visual artist is to create imagery that best represents the things she finds most valuable in life.
Sirena Corrales
Director of Photography
Sirena Corrales (she/they) is a latina artist who captures people in their natural element. Learning the technical side of photography since 2014, Sirena desired to branch out into film as she was amazed by the work that goes into production.
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Ariel Brown
Editor
Ariel Brown is a writer, editor and visual storyteller. She primarily edits films across genres from documentaries to experimental. In her work, she centers Black and queer stories that explore the gray areas of life.
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Director's Statement
When I was 22, I made an anecdotal observation: many of my peers were becoming celibate. This confused me, as sex and promiscuity are often seen as hallmarks of being in your youth. As I began to explore this phenomenon, I discovered that many young people were connecting their celibacy to taking on a spiritual journey. Thus started my in-depth exploration of Atlanta's spiritual community.
My goal was to understand better how traditional ideas of sexual liberation, like casual intercourse and kinkyness, were lost on my generation and how spirituality was helping us navigate our relationships with our bodies and connection.
Now that more research has been done since filming, I know that Gen Z is less likely than previous generations to have sex. This film offers a glimpse into the principles that young people believe are lacking in modern-day sex culture and provides a guiding light for those still trying to understand themselves.
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