Adult Film Association of America

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The Adult Film Association of America, the AFAA, was the first American association of pornographic film producers. It fought against censorship laws, attempted to defend the industry against prosecution for obscenity, and held an annual adult film awards ceremony.

It was founded in 1969 in Kansas City, with Sam Chernoff of Astro-Jemco Film Co. as the first president. Other notable presidents included producer David F. Friedman, elected the third president in 1971, and re-elected four times before becoming Chairman of the Board, and erotic actress and magazine publisher Gloria Leonard.

It held adult film awards ceremonies from 1976 through 1985, for a time the most notable such awards. In later years this ceremony was increasingly accused of bias, especially for the victory of Virginia in 1984, [1] which led to the founding of the X-Rated Critics Organization. The role of adult film awards has been mostly supplanted by the AVN Awards.

With the advent of pornography on video, the AFAA renamed itself Adult Film and Video Association of America (AFVAA). Its role as the trade association of the adult entertainment industry has been taken over by the Free Speech Coalition, organized in 1991, which acknowledges the AFAA as its first ancestor. [2]

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[edit] AFAA awards

[edit] Best Actor

[edit] Best Actress

[edit] Best Supporting Actor

  • 1976: Carlos Tobalina (Tell Them Johnny Wadd Is Here)
  • 1977: John Leslie (A Coming of Angels)
  • 1978: Roger Caine (Bad Penny); John Seeman (Sweet Savage]]
  • 1979: Bobby Astyr (People)
  • 1980: Richard Pacheco (Talk Dirty To Me)
  • 1981: R. Bolla (Outlaw Ladies); Richard Pacheco (Nothing To Hide)
  • 1982: Jamie Gillis (Roommates)
  • 1983: Ron Jeremy (Suzie Superstar)
  • 1984: Ron Jeremy (All The Way In)
  • 1985: John Leslie (Taboo IV)

[edit] Best Supporting Actress

[edit] Best Director

[edit] Best Film

  • 1976 The Opening of Misty Beethoven
  • 1977 Desires Within Young Girls
  • 1978 Legend of Lady Blue
  • 1979 Babylon Pink
  • 1980 Talk Dirty to Me; Urban Cowgirls
  • 1981 Nothing to Hide
  • 1982 Roommates
  • 1983 The Devil in Miss Jones, Part II
  • 1984 Dixie Ray, Hollywood Star
  • 1985 Taboo American Style 1: The Ruthless Beginning

[edit] Best Screenplay

  • 1976: The Opening of Misty Beethoven
  • 1977: Desires Within Young Girls
  • 1978: Legend of Lady Blue
  • 1979: The Ecstasy Girls
  • 1980: The Budding of Brie
  • 1981: The Dancers
  • 1982: Roommates
  • 1983: In Love
  • 1984: Dixie Ray, Hollywood Star
  • 1985: Raw Talent

[edit] Best Sex Scene

  • 1983: Virginia (no specific scene)
  • 1984: Firestorm (the "Red Scene")
  • 1985: New Wave Hookers; Passage Thru Pamela (tie)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Shauna Grant And The Launching Of The XRCO article by Luke Ford
  2. ^ History of the Free Speech Coalition

[edit] References

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