Cléo Dubois
Actor
The Academy of SM Arts was founded in 1995 by internationally recognized kink educator, and ritualist, Cléo Dubois in order to dispel negative myths and false notions about fetish and BDSM. Her goal is to empower those drawn to fantasies of consensual power play to find connection, healing and a satisfying sex life through the exploration of their erotic desires.
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MovieDocumentaryA BODY TO LIVE IN offers an uncompromising look at the rise of BDSM performance art, body modification and the ‘modern primitives’ cultural movement through the agonies and ecstasies of transgressive artist Fakir Musafar and the communities that surrounded him. Blending rare archival footage with the voices of queer and artistic trailblazers, the film shows how pain, ritual, and transformation became tools of identity, survival, and self-expression. Weaving from early experiments and secret gatherings to the emergence of a global subculture shaped by the AIDS crisis and spiritual reinvention, Director Angelo Madsen (NORTH BY CURRENT) reveals not just the story of one artist, but a collective history of bodies in revolt - asking what it truly means to live freely in one’s own skin.