Citébeur

Citébeur
Private
Industry Gay pornography
Products Pornographic films and internet pornography
Website Citebeur.com

Citébeur is a French gay pornographic film studio that has pioneered and specialised in the availability of gay pornographic film content featuring men from outside the mainstream or conventional of French society: men of colour and of various ethnicities -- Arabs, Latins, Blacks, rather than "white" males. The name Citébeur connotes "Beur", the French colloquial term to designate French-born people of immigrant parents predominately from northern Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.

Citébeur films also include a play on fetish, fantasy and stereo-typical perceptions by non-whites of the of ethnic man: work-horse, well-endowed genitalia, urban style clothing, liaisons in the unknown poor and dangerous suburbs of large cities, interracial sexual relations, thus popularising such imagery amongst the homosexual population and promoting greater visibility and a more positive attitude towards minorities of ethnic background. Thus the company's products have found a niche in the world of erotic art.

Citébeur has developed several specialized themes and film series:

Citébeur has been the launch pad for a number of aspiring porn actors who achieved fame and notoriety after working at Citébeaur. François Sagat is a notable example; he was recruited by the company and made his debut [1] becoming in a short period of time, one of the most prominent French international gay pornographic actors then moving on to more well-established companies such as Raging Stallion Studios and Titan Media. During his debut at Citébeur, Sagat initially used his screen name Azzedine before reverting to his real name François Sagat.

Citébeur in agreement with Syndicat national des entreprises gaies' (SNEG) has been also promoting fashionable series of public awareness advertisements for prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in its series of Boris et Nadir.[2] Many of the Citébeur porn actors give their time to take part in these series.[3] The nine ads in French with subtitled versions in English and Spanish to date are (English titles in parenthesis):

  1. La Grosse Déprime (Feeling Down)
  2. Il faut sauver le Soldat Boris (Some Things Get Out of Hand)
  3. Dans le jus (Low in Juice)
  4. En flag (Red Handed)
  5. Trois Mois (Three Months)
  6. Plan Love (Plan Love)
  7. Les P'tits Papiers (Little Papers)
  8. Le Doute (Doubt)
  9. Dialogue de sourds (Like Talking to a Wall)

In 2008, Citébeur Studios won the Best Black/Latino Gay Film Award for Matos de Blackoss 3 at the European Gay Porn Awards 2008 (EGPA).[4]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ BeautifulMag: François Sagat: The Man Behind the Mask
  2. ↑ Boris et Nadir site showing series of ads promoting prevention of STDs by Citébeur actors
  3. ↑ TÊTU: Prévention sexy: découvrez la nouvelle campagne du Sneg et Citébeur (in French)
  4. ↑ TÊTU: Deux Français récompensés aux European Gay Porn Awards

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