Joy! Portrait Of A Nun: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
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A Film By Joe Balass about the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Content Note: contains adult language, brief nudity, graphic images A shamanistic world of sexuality, spiritualism and political activism. A bearded nun. Through an intimate lens, this feature documentary takes us on an enlightening journey with Sister Missionary P. Delight, one of the founders of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. JOY! sheds light on a fascinating group of individuals, mostly Radical Faeries living between San Francisco and the deep South, who have made an invaluable contribution to both the queer community and to the sexual liberation movement. The group was at the forefront of one of the most memorable gay-rights movements in history, redefining queer identity through spirituality while “promulgating joy and expiating stigmatic guilt”.
