Nominees: Amanda By Night, Insatiable, The Budding of Brie Urban Cowgirls racks up six awards, with Talk Dirty to Me showing a strong second with four. The quality of the pictures is variable as they’ve been taken from a variety of sources – some being low resolution. Nevertheless, in the words of Georgina Spelvin, it was the annual company picnic, an event that allowed everyone to come together and feel part of a bigger community – one that was often under fire from the outside world. Even the actual ceremony itself came under fire, with critics accusing it of sanitizing the business (participants were asked not to swear or remove any clothes, and the only film clips that were shown were heavily censored). The Adult Film Association of America, headed by Dave Friedman, was the dominant body behind the adult film industry, and it fell to the organization to recognize the talent in a lavish manner on an annual basis.Īnd yet controversy was never far away – from accusations of bias (which led to a different method of deciding the winners each year) to the East Coast filmmaker’s continued complaints that they were being overlooked compared to their West Coast counterparts. Given that movies like Talk Dirty To Me, The Dancers, Neon Nights, Cafe’ Flesh, and Roommates were critical and box office hits, and their stars and directors were fast becoming superstars in the industry, it made sense for the industry to recognize their own achievements. After the first four AFAA Award Ceremonies in the period 1976 to 1980, the ‘Eroticas’ hit their stride in the 1980s when an abundance of good quality adult films were made.
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