The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
Mar 13, 1985 | IMDB 0
43 min Watch NowDocumentary
Nan Goldin's slide show “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” converted, mixed and screened as a film by the artist, portraying the American underground culture, the no wave scene, post-Stonewall gay subculture, among others.
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