Porndemic

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox television | image = Porndemic.jpg | image_upright = 1.0 | image_alt = | caption = Film poster | genre = | creator = | based_on = | writer = | screenplay = | story = | director = Brendan Spookie Daly | starring = | narrator = | music = | country = | language = | num_episodes = | producer = Brendan Spookie Daly<br>Evan Krauss | editor = | cinematography = | runtime = | company = | budget = | network = Showtime | released = {{Start date|2018|12|07}}<ref name=latimes /> }} '''''Porndemic''''' is a 2018 documentary film about an HIV outbreak within the pornography industry in California's San Fernando Valley, during the 1990s. The film premiered on Showtime.<ref name=latimes>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-ca-st-1202-tvhighlights-20181202-story.html|title=TV This Week, Dec. 2-8: 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' and more|last=Cooper|first=Matt|website=Los Angeles Times|date=30 November 2018|access-date=2019-01-21|archive-date=2019-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121180713/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-ca-st-1202-tvhighlights-20181202-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It was directed by Brendan Spookie Daly and features interviews with several porn actors and actresses, including Sharon Mitchell, Tricia Devereaux, Ron Jeremy, William Margold, Tom Byron, and Marc Wallice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/nick-frost-boards-animation-stardog-and-turbocat-as-kaleidoscope-beefs-up-afm-slate-exclusive/5133950.article|title=Nick Frost boards animation 'Stardog And Turbocat' as Kaleidoscope beefs up AFM slate (exclusive)|last=Grater|first=Tom|website=Screen|language=en|access-date=2019-01-21|archive-date=2019-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121175139/https://www.screendaily.com/news/nick-frost-boards-animation-stardog-and-turbocat-as-kaleidoscope-beefs-up-afm-slate-exclusive/5133950.article|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|California|Film}} * HIV/AIDS in the United States * STDs in the porn industry

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==External links== * [https://www.sho.com/titles/3464387/porndemic Porndemic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129170448/https://www.sho.com/titles/3464387/porndemic |date=2020-11-29 }} at Showtime * {{IMDb title|9204352}}

Category:2018 television films Category:Documentary films about HIV/AIDS in the United States Category:Documentary films about sexuality Category:HIV/AIDS in American films Category:San Fernando Valley Category:Showtime (TV network) documentary films Category:Sexually transmitted infections in the sex industry Category:Pornography in California Category:2018 films Category:American documentary films Category:2018 American films