"Revealing, sensitive, and yes, funny, WET DREAMS AND FALSE IMAGES is a wonderful deconstruction of the construction of desire. I strongly recommend it as a teaching tool for academic as well as community environments."
–Stephen Duncombe, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies
New York University

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SPECIAL FEATURES

The New DVD has both a censored (beeped) version and non-censored.

Appropriate for:
High School•College/University

12 minutes • DVD

REVIEWS  

"Places that have used WET DREAMS AND FALSE IMAGES:

Albion College: Albion, MI
Albuquerque Academy, NM Media Literacy Project
Ambassador Book Service
American University
Arizona State University West
Audio Book Services
Automotive High School, Brooklyn
UC Berkeley
Brookdale Community College: Lincroft, NJ
University of Connecticut
Central MO State University
Colorado College
The Harlem Boys and Mens Clinic
Harvard University
New York University
Planned Parenthood...
(please click "full review" for more complete list)"

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"Epstein's quirky, quietly radical film shows consciousnesses being raised right on camera, as Dee Dee learns that "my man had a lot of wet dreams, to a lot of false images". A riveting examination of how retouching has enforced an utterly unrealizable standard of female beauty, even at street level."
Kate Stables
THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER
full review

"There's no intention to break this guy's love for these women, but just to show him how these women actually become what they are. And so begins an absorbing twelve minutes...Wet Dreams keeps it all honest...Its purpose is to educate on a matter like this and that has been accomplished exceedingly well."
4+1/2 Stars
Rory L. Aronsky
FILM THREAT
full review

"This film makes the study of society and the media relevant to students by speaking to their everyday experiences and inspires them to speak as well -- guaranteed to spark lively classroom conversations."
Astra Taylor, Department of Sociology
SUNY New Paltz

"I use WET DREAMS AND FALSE IMAGES with both high school and university-age youth, and find it a great tool for generating conversation about media manipulation, male gaze, and unattainable ideals of female beauty Students are engaged by both the topic and the humor."
Matt Bradley, Associate Professor
The University of Utah
Director, Youth Documentary Arts at Spy Hop Productions

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AWARDS / SCREENINGS

• Jury Award, Short Subject, The 2004 Sundance Online Film Festival
  
• Grand Prize, Kodak Film Award, The Chicks with Flicks Film Festival
  
• The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Award -- 2005 top video for young adults
  
• Best Use of Technology, The Urban Literary Film Festival
  
• Audience Award, The Chlotrudis Short Film Festival
  
• Luna Fest -- Pick*-- 5th Anniversary Screening Series
  
• Rooftop Films --best short films from the 2005 screening
  
• NY Underground Film Festival
  
• Silverdocs/ AFI Dicsovery Channel Film Festival
  
• Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
  
• The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
  
• The Seattle International Film Festival
  
• SF Underground Film Festival
  
• The Mill Valley Film Festival
  
• Asheville Film Festival
  
• New Orleans Film Festival
  
• Silverlakes Film Festival