Pamela: A Love Story (2023)
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Why watch this film?
Much thanks to 'S.O.S. Malibu', for better or worse, Pamela Anderson is one of the pop culture icons that has marked an entire generation. But it is also a woman whose narrative of her life has been dictated by the victimization of a patriarchal and exploitative system, which crowned her as a "sex symbol", violated her privacy and turned her into a source of many jokes. In 'Pamela: A Love Story', director Ryan White ('Goodnight Oppy') sets aside all of this and points his camera to what really matters: Pamela Anderson herself. This Netflix documentary allows the actress to tell her story in her own words, and even though it is a bit conventional, it distances Anderson from any crude or exaggerated sexualization. Check out our review of the film here.
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Follows the life of pop culture icon Pamela Anderson, including never-before-seen archival footage and personal journals.
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