This collection of rare erotica films will surprise and shock those who believe the "sexual revolution" of the '60s and '70s gave birth to the celluloid depiction of sex.

The seedy adult theaters of the '70s and the home video industry that followed it did not exist when these films were made behind closed doors. The classic stag movies were distributed through a covert network of all-male screenings at lodges, bachelor parties and fraternities. Though the movies were illegal contraband at the time, seeing these forbidden films was nonetheless a fairly common rite of passage for the American male. The earliest extant pornographic film dates from 1915, and they were probably made before then. Virtually all stag films are black and white, one reel in length (ten to 15 minutes) and silent -- assuring compatibility with the relatively low-cost home movie projectors that were rented along with a night's worth of programming. What shocks today's audiences about these films is that most (though not all) of them are completely explicit in their depiction of sexual acts. The variety of acts and couplings filmed long ago is another eye-opener, and it is somehow comforting to note that the camera angles for such action, worked out nearly a century ago, survive in today's adult videos. All of the films will be projected using 16mm film prints from the Secret Cinema archives onto a giant movie (not video) screen. The films will be accompanied by vintage period music including early jazz, swing and dirty blues.