By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt

When Platform Media Group (PMG) contacted me about receiving a screener copy of the new David Palmer film: “America Stripped – Naked Las Vegas,” I had not heard about the series and actually thought it was going to be an adult movie. When I popped it in the DVD player, I immediately realized I was not in the porn world, but in the documentary world.

Palmer followed avant-garde photographer, Greg Friedler, who embarked on an absurdly emotional, thirty-day rollercoaster ride to bring together 173 naked human beings of every shape, size, and walk of life. They bare all to Friedler’s lens and eventually to the world as he shoots the fourth and final book in his renowned “Naked” series in Las Vegas.

From the minute Freidler comes on the screen and starts talking, you’re caught up in his passion to film this. What really touched me was not once, did Greg ever try to exploit anyone of his subjects. He had a genuine concern for people in front of his lens that varied from a homeless man who was a homosexual, to a cross dresser, to a lawyer, and even a CPA to name just a few. With me, having always been a
person who loves people and their individuality, along with wanting to hear their stories, this documentary had me glued to the TV screen.

This is a must see documentary that I can’t use enough adjectives to describe how damn good it really was!