Theatrical poster for the 1972 film Elevator Girls in Bondage, an artifact from the San Francisco radical revolutionary scene. It is the product of radical queer group The Cockettes. Director Michael Kalmen was part of the group and made several movies with them. Elevator Girls in Bondage is a jumbled riot of ideas presented in a sarcastic celebration of camp and chaos. It certainly owes a lot to Waters’ early films like Mondo Trasho and Warhol’s Chelsea Girls. Primarily, Elevator Girls in Bondage is a celebration of cinematic freedom. There were no limits or concern for cinema craft, censorship laws, or anything else, just enthusiasm and abandon. Measures 21 x 29 inches.