The Adult Film Association of America (AFAA) was the first

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association of

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producers. It fought against

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laws, attempted to defend the industry against prosecution for

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, and held an annual adult film awards ceremony. Founded in 1969, it continued separate operation until 1992 when it merged with Free Speech Legal Defense Fund. The organization was also host to the Erotic Film Awards which were held from 1977 until 1986.

History

Origin, 1970s and 1980s

It was founded in 1969 in Kansas City, with Sam Chernoff of Astro-Jemco Film Co. as the first

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. Other notable presidents included

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, elected the third president in 1971, and re-elected four times before becoming

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of the Board, and erotic actress and

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publisher

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, who became president in 1986."10th Annual Erotic Awards," ''Adam Film World'', January 1987, p. 7 It held adult

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ceremonies for 10 years during the

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. The first awards ceremony was held July 14, 1977, at the

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while religious protesters picketed outside,Thomas H. Hilton, "The First Annual Erotica Awards", ''Adam Film World'', December 1977, pp. 18-21. as they would several years thereafter.

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, ''The X-Rated Videotape Guide'', Prometheus Books, 1993. Frank Thistle, "The Second Annual Erotica Awards," ''Adam Film World'', January 1979, pp. 24-27, 72."Silver Spoonfuls: A Star Is Porn," ''High Society'' magazine, November 1979, pp. 8-9.Jules Griffon, "The Third Annual Erotica Awards", ''Adam Film World'', Vol. 7, No. 8, January 1980, pp. 24–27.Ken Gaul, "California Split—Oscar Night in XXX-Film Land," ''Genesis'' magazine, January 1980, pp. 58-60.Richard Milner, "Erotica '80 Awards", ''Porn Stars, the Stag Erotic Series'', November–December 1980, pp. 86-89."Go for Bold: Stars and stares compete at the 8th Annual Erotica Awards," ''Cheri Magazine'', July 1984, pp. 14-17. "These feverish protesters are such a familiar part of the ritual, they really should be listed in the program," sex news magazine ''Cheri'' stated after the 1983 awards."Winners, Sinners & Skin", ''Cheri'' magazine, November 1983, pp. 32-37. With the advent of pornography on video, in early 1986 the AFAA renamed itself Adult Film and Video Association of America (AFVAA) and added a new award category, best adult video. The 10th annual awards, held at the Sheraton Premiere Hotel in Los Angeles on June 29, 1986, were the last. The association changed its name again in 1987 to the Adult Video Association (AVA). No awards were given for 1987."Award Winners: Adult Film Association of America Erotica Award", ''Adam Film World Guide'', Vol. 3, No. 12, March 1988, p. 11 Instead, in mid-1988 they were replaced by an annual Night of the Stars dinner-dance and legal fundraiser, the fifth of which it held in June 1992 with more than 500 people in attendance, the association's biggest show ever.

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were presented at the Night of the Stars, however, film awards were discontinued.

1990s

By February 1992, the tables were turned – association members "picketed the Public Forum on Pornography sponsored by religious groups who hope to institute morality codes back into all movies made."Jeremy Stone, "1992: The Year in Porn", ''Adam Film World Guide'', May 1993, pp. 6-7 & 76 In October 1992, Video Vixens

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for collectors were released with part of the profits going to the AVA. That same month, the AVA and Free Speech Legal Defense Fund, which had been organized in 1991, unified to create a new

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, the

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(FSC). Its role as the

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of the

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was taken over by the FSC, which acknowledges the AFAA as its first

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AFAA award history

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Marilyn Chambers presented the very first award for best erotic motion picture to the L. Sultana production of ''

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'', while runner-up was ''Count the Ways'', produced by Virginia Ann Perry.

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and

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were the first winners in the

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and best actor categories. Pornographic actor John Holmes told the crowd at the first year's awards, "In the not-too-far distant future we will proudly say that we were pioneers." Retroactive awards of merit were also given to five movies considered best from 1955 to 1975: '' Tonight for Sure'', ''Not Tonight, Henry!'' '' Trader Hornee'' and ''Sometime Sweet Susan''. '' Deep Throat'' was also honored as one of the top-grossing of all movies, including mainstream films, of

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. Board chairman Friedman said the AFAA was "much too busy fighting legal battles" in the early days to hold awards ceremonies, so these special awards were intended to make up for not having presented them in the past. For a time the most notable erotic film awards were those of the AFAA, considered to be "the closest thing the porn world's got to filmdom's

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derby." Many stars would arrive in chauffeur-driven limousines while some would vie for attention by arriving in a four-horse

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, a Roman

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, a

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or even an

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."The 5th Annual Erotica Awards", ''Adam Film World Guide'', May 1982, pp. 24-26. The third annual awards "drew a festive crowd of some 600 porn-people plus several hundred hard-core fans to the

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." Subsequent awards shows even attracted celebrities such as ''

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'' director Francis Ford Coppola,Kent Smith, "The 8th Annual Erotica Awards", ''Adam Film World Guide'', Vol. 2, No. 2, August 1984, pp. 22–25. singer Stephen Bishop and gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson Candida Royalle, "Porn On Parade: The 1986 AFAA Awards", ''Cheri Magazine'', Vol. 11, No. 6, January 1987, pp.40–41. to be part of the audience and comedian

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and singer

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of ''

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'' to be part of evening's entertainment. The fifth and eighth awards ceremonies were videotaped and offered to cable and subscription television and for sale on VHS cassettes while the seventh was taped for an August 1983 broadcast on

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. Other awards during the

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era included '' Adam Film World's'' X-Caliber awards, first given out in 1975 and based on votes of fans, ''

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'' magazine's Erotic Movie Awards, first presented in 1977 and the Critics Adult Film Awards, bestowed by a New York-based group of

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adult sex film critics from 1981 to 1987. By the third awards ceremony in 1980, although the concept was seen as positive, adult entertainment magazine ''

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'' reported they were "beginning to generate as much controversy as the regular

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s, or more." While it seemed "politicking" gave the Best Film award to ''Legend of Lady Blue'' over heavy favorites ''Sex World'' and ''Take Off'', the "most glaring lack of any validity" was shown by giving the best actor award to Aldo Ray. "The Erotica Awards are supposed to be presented to sex-film performers who both 'act' well and 'perform' well. In ''Sweet Savage'', not only did Aldo Ray not 'act' particularly well—his part was simply gratuitous...he never even performed at all. The fact is he never even took his clothes off, nor did he show up to receive his award." Aside from that, ''Sweet Savage'' was released "well into 1979" and the films nominated were supposed to have been released in 1978, leaving the impression the AFAA gave him the award to "capitalize on his name and to obtain more media coverage." ''Adam Film World Guide'', however, reported the following year's awards, which were presented in July 1981, "covered films released from mid-1980 to the middle of '81", which could have meant ''Sweet Savage'' was eligible for awards in 1979 if the same time frame was considered. Meanwhile, ''Adam Film World'' noted Ray's award "was not surprising considering that one of the announced functions of the aFAA and its annual awards is to upgrade the image of the adult film industry in the public eye." Originally the Erotica Awards were determined by vote of the "association's membership of more than 700 producers, distributors and theater operators." However, in later years the AFAA ceremony was increasingly accused of bias, with a "belief among some that the West Coast producers were controlling what films received the awards" after ''Amanda By Night'' was passed over for best film at the 1981 awards. Starting with the awards presented in 1982, the AFAA decided to appoint an independent jury of three persons not associated with the adult film industry to make the final choices from the five finalists in each category. Jurors subsequently included an assortment of men and women such as a sexologist,"Film Strips: 'X' Marks the Spot," ''Cheri Magazine'', January 1986, pp. 12-19. author

and journalists such as

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of ''

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'' and other publications including '' Daily Variety'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and the ''

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''.AFAA, "Seventh Annual Erotica Awards," official program, June 23, 1983. However, criticism continued, especially for the best erotic scene victory of ''Virginia'' in 1984, which led to the founding of the

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and its Heart-On Awards. The role of adult film awards has been mostly supplanted by the

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, which also launched in 1984.

Credo

The AFAA had a credo that "recognized the responsibilities of adult filmmakers to the general public":

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, ''Only the Best'', Cal Vista, 1986. 1. That films of adult subject matter will be produced for and exhibited to adult audiences and that persons not of legal age will not be admitted. 2. That the definition of an "adult" is that designation set by the constituted authorities of the community but in no event any persons under the age of 18 years. 3. That we will produce and exhibit only films that are in conformity with the Free Speech Provisions of the Constitution of the United States of America. 4. That we will respect the privacy of the general public in our advertising and public displays. 5. That we in ''no manner'' will condone, produce or exhibit child pornography in any form.

Erotic Film Awards

The AFAA awards were called the Erotic Film Awards and the trophy, known as the Erotica Award, was a golden statuette "in the form of a shapely nude holding high a rampant spear in an obvious attitude of erotic excitement." Winners are shown below in the year the awards were presented:

Best Picture

Best Adult Video

Best Actress

Best Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Director

Best Screenplay

Best Erotic Scene

Best Foreign Film

Best Musical Score

Best Song

Best Art and Set Decoration

Best Cinematography

Best Costume Design

Best Editing

Best Trailer

Best Advertising Campaign

Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Awards

After the

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were discontinued, the association resumed presenting Lifetime Achievement Awards at its annual "Night of the Stars" fundraising event, starting in mid-1988. When the association merged into the

in late 1992, the new coalition took over the tradition.

Actresses

* 1988:

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''Adam Film World Guide 2004 Directory of Adult Films'', page 305. * 1989:

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* 1990:

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* 1991:

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* 1992: Marilyn Chambers

Actors

* 1988:

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* 1989: John Leslie * 1990:

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* 1991: Paul Thomas * 1992:

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Directors

* 1988: Anthony Spinelli * 1989:

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* 1990:

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* 1991:

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* 1992:

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Joel T. Warner 'Good Guy' Award

* 1988: Mike Horner * 1989: Al Bloom * 1990: Hal Freeman * 1991: Mel Kamins & Bobby Lilly * 1992: Russ Hampshire

Hal Freeman 'Freedom Isn't Free' Award

* 1989:

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* 1990:

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* 1991: Barry Freilich * 1992: Phil Harvey

Notes

''Adam Film World'' recorded the winner of this category in 1979 as having been a tie between Roger Caine and John Seeman. ''Cinema-X'' magazine recorded Roger Caine as the sole winner. This award was called "Best Foreign Language Film" at the 1977 and 1981 awards shows. It was not awarded after 1981. IMDb states this movie, while advertised as the first X-rated movie made in Russia, was actually made in the U.S. ''Adam Film World'' reported both ''Seven Into Snowy'' as winner of "Best Musical Score" and also ''Get Your Nose Out Of My Pantyhose'' won "Best Original Musical Score", a different award, in 1978. However, the AFAA's seventh and eighth annual programs, which list previous years' winners, make no mention of ''Get Your Nose Out of My Pantyhose'' or any separate "Original" score award. As well, IMDb states "Get Your Nose Out of My Pantyhose" is not a movie, but a song from a movie called ''Breaker Beauties'', so ''Adam Film World's'' report of an "Original" score award may be erroneous. The official 8th Annual AFAA Erotic Film Awards program lists both songs as having won the award, however Jim Holliday's ''Only the Best'' book only mentions "With You" from ''Roommates'' as winning. ''Cheri'' magazine's coverage of the awards doesn't mention the category at all. This award was called "Best Production Values" at the 1979 and 1980 awards shows. ''Adam Film World''' and ''Cinema Blue'' coverage of the first Erotica Awards both listed ''Not Tonight, Henry!'' as having won "Best Adult Film 1961-65" and ''Tonight For Sure'' as having won "Best Adult Film 1955-60". However, ''Not Tonight, Henry!'' premiered Dec. 30, 1960 in Los Angeles, while ''Tonight For Sure'' premiered in L.A., Oct. 25, 1962, so it's likely an error by the AFAA resulted in each film being given the award for the other's time period. Nominee ''Sinderella and the Golden Bra'' was listed in the correct time period.

's book, ''Only the Best'', lists the movies as having won in the correct time periods, however.

References

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