A heartbroken mistress has a session with her long-term client, who wishes to change their dynamic of bondage play. In this desire to escalate, he miscalculates his own capacity for punishment, forcing the session between the two of them to dig deeper to uncover the root of his problems with grief, love, and heartbreak. 2024, U.S., Digital, English, 23 mins.

Dozier is joined by filmmaker Zia Anger (director, My First Film) for a discussion on autofiction following the screening of Dozier’s recent film Forgetting You is Like Breathing Water.

Accompanying the screening of Forgetting You is Like Breathing Water is a playlist of works. Films by Maya Deren and Kenneth Anger complement Dozier’s trilogy, Close, but no Cigar, in which the artist recreates scenes from 1970s and 1980s sexploitation films and advertisements, countermining the codes produced by their originals.

Ayanna Dozier, lovertits, 2022, 4 min.
Ayanna Dozier, Picture for Parco, 2022, 3 min.
Ayanna Dozier, an exercise in parting, 2022, 3 min.
Maya Deren, Meshes of the Afternoon, 1943, 14 min.
Kenneth Anger, Scorpio Rising, 1963, 28 min.

Watch this playlist free anytime the Walker is open by visiting the Bentson Mediatheque.

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