Strip Jack Naked

United Kingdom, 1991. 91 mins. Water Bearer

Strip Jack Naked is a companion piece to Ron Peck’s ground-breaking Nighthawks. Made thirteen years after Nighthawks, it is an autobiographical film that tells not only of the struggle to make Nighthawks but also of the director’s life as a gay man growing up in late 20th century Britain. Its unusual honesty marks Strip Jack Naked as not just a lucid account of the responsibilities of a gay filmmaker, but as one of the most honest and abrasive British biographies ever made.

Director: Ron Peck