Fetishes is a 1996 documentary by Nick Broomfield filmed at Pandora's Box, one of New York City's most luxurious SM/fetish parlours.[1] The film contains interviews with professional dominatrices and their clients including the New York filmmaker Maria Beatty.

Fetishes
DVD cover for Fetishes
Directed bydirector
Written bywriter
Produced byproducer
StarringMistress Beatrice
Mistress Catherine
Mistress Delilah
Mistress Natasha
Mistress Raven
Narrated bynarrator
CinematographyChristophe Lanzenberg
Edited byWilliam C. Carruth
Music byJaimie Muhoberac
Distributed bydistributor
Release date
1996
Running time
84 min
LanguageEnglish

The documentary opens with black and white footage from an Irving Klaw film depicting models, including Bettie Page, wearing fetish attire. Nick Broomfield and his film crew then arrive at Pandora's Box on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue and are given a tour of the facility by Mistress Raven, including the dungeon and the medical room. The rest of the documentary consists of the following eight chapters:

  • Slaves
  • Mistresses
  • Rubber fetish
  • Wrestling fetish
  • Corporal punishment
  • Masochism
  • Infantilism
  • Socio-political fetishes

The film was produced in the United Kingdom and was originally made for HBO. It was released in the United States on DVD, (runtime 84 minutes, in colour), and more recently as part of Nick Broomfield's 'Documenting Icons' box set. A full, uncut version with additional archive material is also available in the UK.

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  1. ^ Savlov, Marc (13 February 1998). "Fetishes". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

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