The third part of the Consent Event video series is PRACTICING CONSENT ON TV, FILM, AND FASHION SETS. In this video, Chloë Sevigny, Ethan James Green and Teniece Divya Johnson discuss the intricacies of negotiating consent on television, film, and fashion sets
Chloë Sevigny is a cultural icon. From Kids and Gummo to Boys Don’t Cry, American Psycho, Demonlover, Party Monster to Big Love, Russian Doll, We Are Who We Are…she has never shied from challenging and provocative roles.
Ethan James Green is a fashion photographer whose new book Bombshell will be out in October 2022.
Teniece Divya Johnson is a stunt performer, fight director for theater and film, and an intimacy coordinator for TV and stage. They have provided intimacy coordination for Slave Play, Pose, and Succession, among other productions. They were among the first intimacies coordinators, starting their practice in 2017 on the show The Deuce.
PRACTICING CONSENT ON TV, FILM, AND FASHION SETS with Teniece Divya Johnson, Chloë Sevigny, and Ethan James Green from Pornhub TV on Vimeo.
This is just one video in the Pornhub & Pillow Talk Consent Event series, so stay tuned for more installments here or watch them all now on Vimeo.
CONSENT EVENT: an intimate, roundtable discussion between a tapestry of influential artists, cultural figures, activists, and academics exploring consent and the multitude of ways it shows up in our lives.
Pornhub regards consent as one of its core values and upholds it as part of its operating principles. We are proud to partner with Pillow Talk to make this important and comprehensive discussion possible. See more about Pornhub’s commitment to trust & safety.
CONSENT EVENT was conceived, directed + hosted by scholar and editor Esra Soraya Padgett alongside author and the founder of Pillow Talk, Fiona Alison Duncan in June of 2022.
Pillow Talk is a femme and LGBTQ+ centered event and exhibition series, the spinoff of Duncan’s successful literary salon Hard to Read.
Esra Padgett is a linguistic anthropologist who has written on the subject of consent, censorship and obscenity, as well as sexuality and pornography more generally.
Credits:
Videography by Minnie Bennett, Cruz Mendez, Charlie Freiberg
Graphic design by Chloe Maratta
Photography by Nick Sethi (portraits) + Sam Penn (party)
Illustrations by Elizabeth Williams