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Barrier Device (2002)

Barrier Device poster
Directed by
Grace Lee
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
26 min
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A sex researcher interviews a subject. The film looks at their interaction and the boundaries between them.

cerebralclinicalobservationalintimateneutralpsychologicalunderstated

What happens

"Barrier Device" is a 2002 short film written and directed by Grace Lee. It stars Sandra Oh as a sex researcher and Suzy Nakamura as a subject. It won four awards, including the silver medal at the 29th Student Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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