Playing with Fire: An Ecosexual Emergency

DIRECTED BY Annie Sprinkle, Beth Stephens STARRING Cassils, Barbara Carrellas, Albert the Peacock Playing with Fire is a heartfelt, mythopoetic documentary born from the ashes of a massive, devastating forest fire. Long time lovers, Beth and Annie are forced to evacuate their home with their dog Butch and their lives are forever transformed. The film unfolds through an ecosexual lens (imagining the Earth as a lover) while weaving stories from a formerly incarcerated fire fighter, Indigenous scholars, fire artists, a witch therapist, fire fetishist, fire tassel twirling burlesque dancer, and Albert the wild, white peacock. Beth and Annie blend loss and grief with art, humor, sensuality and community care. Playing with Fire explores how a climate catastrophe intersects with social justice, to create a powerful portrait of resilience in the face of a world in flames. Playing with Fire is the third film in Beth and Annie’s trilogy of environmental documentary feature films. Their first in the series was Goodbye Gauley Mountain—An Ecosexual Love Story. The second is Water Makes Us Wet—An Ecosexual Adventure.