The Flamingo

Director  Adam Sekuler

Documentary Feature - USA - 77 min. 

In her 60s, Mary Phillips embarks on a bold pursuit of pleasure, attending dungeon parties, engaging in intimacy with strangers, and offering healing touch through her BDSM practice. After 13 years of celibacy and isolation, Mary begins to reclaim her power, rediscovering herself through sexual play, open-road adventures, and deep self-embodiment.

Shot in a compassionate and intimate, observational style, "The Flamingo" offers a fresh perspective on aging with pleasure and the process of reinvention. Through Mary’s journey, the film challenges conventional views on desire and aging, inviting viewers to explore new ways of seeing and understanding the pursuit of freedom in later life.

"As playful as it is touching, the film demystifies the subculture that Phillips has embraced while not shying away from the graphic (if somehow never untasteful) particulars of her various carnal, emotional and psychological practices—which also include therapeutic non-sexual physical contact. With its expansive spirit, The Flamingo argues that we can save the world one soulful hug (or properly attenuated flogging) at a time." - Filmmaker Magazine