A Wink and a Smile

Director: Deirdre Allen Timmons

Writer: Deirdre Allen Timmons

Cast: N/A

Distributor: First Run Features

Country: US

Theatrical Release Date: May 1, 2009

Synopsis: "A Wink and a Smile" exposes more than the human body by putting gender, power, sexuality and social identity under the glittery spotlight, as it follows the lives of ten "ordinary" women who do something extraordinary – learn the art burlesque dancing and striptease. Through their adventures, we see how a homemaker, a reporter, a doctor, an opera singer, a taxidermist and a college student, join the American cultural revival of burlesque, as it moves from fringe fascination to mainstream obsession, engaging a world where performance art and showgirl spectacle, music, theater and sensuality crash into over-the-top glamour - a world where many want to go, but very few dare. [Synopsis courtesy of First Run Features]

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