MORGANA Teases A Story Of Erotic Reinvention

This morning Dread Central has an exclusive look at Morgana, a new documentary project that caught our eye.

Here's how the project is described on its website:

‘Morgana’ is an artistic character portrait of a troubled 50 year old housewife who re-invents herself as a feminist porn star after spending 20 years in a loveless, sexless marriage.

Stuck in the suburbs of rural Australia, Morgana is an eccentric woman who struggles to fit into her role as a dutiful housewife and mother. After becoming morbidly obese and losinig her desired status as a ‘trophy wife’. At the age of 47 she finally gets a divorce, but is cast out by her conservative community and left completely alone to drift nameless and stateless.

Desperately in need of touch and human contact, Morgana hires a male sex worker for one ‘last hurrah’ before ending it all.

After 15 years of loneliness and sexual isolation within her marriage, the encounter ignites a spark within her and she takes control of her life and begins the process of re-constructing her identity.

After hearing about a competition for first time erotic film makers, Morgana feels compelled to make a film about her own story. The film ‘Duty-Bound’, which she directs and stars in, is about leaving her marriage and the first night she spent with the male escort.  Unexpectedly, the film wins an award at a European film festival for first time pornographers, catapulting Morgana into a new world of sexual diversity and feminist porn.

Moving to Berlin to be with her newfound community, life merges with art as Morgana uses erotic filmmaking as a tool for creative catharsis and personal re-invention, while still struggling with real world issues and hereditary mental illness.

Is Berlin the key to finding her happiness, or will the threads that connect her to Australia be too strong to break?

Morgana's two creative forces are Isabel Peppard, an animator and visual artist; and Josie Hess, a self-described "pornographer." The teaser above certainly suggests they've crafted a visually captivating approach to what sounds like a fascinting topic and story, and we're excited to see more.