Film
Sanctuary
2024 · 24m · Documentary
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Overview
Sanctuary explores queer spirituality and utopian sexualities through the figure of Purusha Androgyne Larkin (1934–1988), a monk, pioneering gay filmmaker, and self-proclaimed cosmic-erotic mystic. Larkin’s 1981 book, 'The Divine Androgyne According to Purusha', challenged repression with a spiritual vision rooted in eroticism and presented a radical path to cosmic-erotic consciousness through ‘extreme’ forms of sexual pleasure. Sanctuary explores Larkin's attempt to form a utopian, pleasure-based spiritual community, and considers the complex legacies of his ideas in queer culture. Shot on 16mm, the film weaves together the voices of Larkin’s friends and followers, creating a portrait in absentia of a figure ahead of his time.
Cast
Ron Athey
Himself
Guy Baldwin
Ganymede Cupbearer
Revé Douglas
Jack Fritscher
Hunter Hargraves
Mark Hemry
Rob Hopcke
Guy Seiler
Crew
- Sam AshbyDirector · Director of Photography
- Mariah GarnettDirector of Photography
- Pablo MazzoloEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 27, 2024
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 24m
- Genres
- Documentary
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