Sex Is (1993)

Marc Huestis edits interviews with 15 men including himself around a set of topics starting with what is sex The men are gay living in or near San Francisco They talk about their first sexual experiences the gay scene in San Francisco in the late 1970s the pall cast by AIDS the safesex movement getting into serious relationships the illness and death of partners pornography SM and pain race and stereotypes personal fantasies and bliss Huestis has a thesis that sex is going to be with us so how best do we embrace it His 15 subjects archival footage clips from porn films and closeup looks at men loving men flesh out various answers