THE ARTIST & THE PERVERT

by Beatrice Behn, René Gebhardt
  • 2018 Beatrice Behn, René Gebhardt
  • 2018 Beatrice Behn, René Gebhardt
  • 2018 Beatrice Behn, René Gebhardt
  • 2018 Beatrice Behn, René Gebhardt

    Synopsis

    Georg Friedrich Haas is arguably the most important living composer of symphonic music, but also a descendant of a Nazi family. His wife, Mollena Williams-Haas, whom he met through the dating site “OkCupid,” is an African-American kink educator. Their deep relationship is based on an open, yet controversial role-playing game between a white male master and a black female slave. This ground-breaking film documents their lives between perversion, art, love, and radical self-determination.

    With: Georg Friedrich Haas, Mollena Williams-Haas, George E. Lewis, Susan Boynton, Mike Ford, Sir Simon Rattle, Keith Rockhold, Julie Baum, Patti Beadles, Dixie De la Tour, Marion Carter Williams, Roland Haas, Moritz Eggert, Händl Klaus, Rolanda Haas

    Festivals

    2018
    20th TDF – Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (world premiere)
    25th hotDOCS Toronto
    Thessaloniki Doc Festival
    Pornfilm Festival Berlin
    Raindance Film Festival

    2019
    BEST DOCUMENTARY & BEST LGBTQIA FILM at Australia's DeReel Independent Film Festival
    CineKink audience award for Best Documentary, New York
    Berlin Feminist Film Week
    OUTFEST Athen
    Porn Film Festival Vienna
    Sydney Festival of Loving Kink
    Buenos Aires Film Festival
    Best Feature - Atlanta Docufest

    Cast and Crew

    Director

    Beatrice Behn, René Gebhardt

    Producer

    Beatrice Behn, René Gebhardt, Beth Powell

    Score

    Georg Friedrich Haas, Amanda Palmer

    DoP

    Beatrice Behn, René Gebhardt, Antje Wilms, Henriette Rodenwald

    Sound Design

    Linus Nickl (Studio am Fluss)

    protagonist

    Georg Friedrich Haas, Mollena Williams-Haas