Liberty In Restraint

PROGRAMMING DESCRIPTORS:
FORMS: Documentary, Digital, Feature (Other)
GENRES: Underground, Docu-Drama
NICHES: Adult/Mature
FOREIGN TITLES: English = Liberty In Restraint

Directed by Michael Ney - www.sensoryimage.net
* October 2004 - A 35 minute work-in-progress version won Best Short Documentary at CineKink, New York. See the press release.
* May 2004 - Also an 8 minute short was Finalist at MAFIA Documentary Awards, Sydney.

SYNOPSIS

As an aspiring photographer, the clandestine world of bondage and discipline, dominance-submission, sadoasochism, fetish fashion and alternative sex was a powerful attraction for Noel Graydon.

LIBERTY IN RESTRAINT follows Noel in his quest for authenticity. In this riveting series of testimonials we meet the mentors, muses and masochists who have inspired artistic endeavours. Noel's journey also embraced years of drug addiction then total recovery, fatherhood and an ongoing struggle to reconcile fetish life with family life.

Peeking behind the scenes on numerous fetish portraits, we enter a curious world of rope artists, lapsed Catholics, pain sluts, adult babies, electro-torture and blood play enthusiasts who approach 'absolution' and sexuality 'like an advanced driving course in sex', and where the initiated take carnal license to extreme limits.

"Liberty In Restraint" delves deeply into Noel's life and portfolio to reveal his work in progress, the passion for his art and its themes, the community he loves to photograph and their controversial transgressive activities.

3-LINE SYNOPSIS
A look at freedom of expression and the daring to follow one's visions, this documentary follows fetish photographer, Noel Graydon, in his quest for authenticity, showing his work in progress, a passion for his art and its themes, and the transgressive activities of the community he moves within. The film also investigates the nature of sexual transgression, the prejudices of society and how an artist can break boundaries. Further themes arise out of the nature of Noel's work in fetish photography - exploring what the BDSM community is all about, details of the fetish items such as leather, latex, rope, chains, etc and how this "look" is becoming increasingly prevalent in the world of advertising, music and fashion.

125-WORD SYNOPSIS
'Liberty in Restraint' follows fetish photographer, Noel Graydon, in his quest for authenticity. In the process of revealing Noel's motives we encounter the clandestine world of bondage and discipline, fetish fashion, and alternative sex. During his journey Noel became addicted to heroin while being a respected BDSM master (or sex-worker), now with a wife and child he is rapidly gaining mainstream recognition for his unusual fine art photography. This documentary shows his work in progress, the passion for his art and its themes, the community he moves within and their controversial transgressive activities.