THE SEX PERILS OF PAULETTE

No one will ever make movies like Doris Wishman made movies. One of the most prolific women filmmakers in the history of American cinema, writer-director-editor Wishman created DIY collisions between surrealism and exploitation that feel like they materialized from an alternate universe. THE SEX PERILS OF PAULETTE—Wishman's first dip into gutter-noir mania after a prolific run of nudist camp films—finds small town refugee Paulette (Anna Korol) arriving in NYC and befriending Tracy (Darlene Bennett), a "model" who helps Paulette embark on a life in the seedy underground. Laying the foundation for Wishman's later opuses, THE SEX PERILS OF PAULETTE has been newly restored in 2K from its original 35mm camera negative.