Once We Were Naked

A documentary comparing and contrasting the origin of the nudist movement with how it is practiced today. The film also offers a look at the making of a nudist movie and a retrospective of nudist films from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Documentary on the naturist resort Héliopolis.

A group of naturists go hiking before skinny dipping.

Naturists visit Panther Beach in Santa Cruz, California.

UC Berkeley students visit San Gregorio State Beach and Davenport Cove Beach.

Naturists have a garden party.

A group of naturists book a private nature retreat.

Naturists celebrate Halloween by having a party at Little Boxes Theater.

Documentary on Christiane Lecocq, a central figure to the naturist movement in France.

Documentary following a group of naturists at a castle.

A group of naturists go on a boating trip in San Francisco Bay.

UC Berkeley students go on a nude boat trip, and go skinny dipping.

A group of naturists go to the Rincon Trail and play around in the river.

Naturists visit the Garden of Eden in California.

Naturists go skinny dipping in the American River.

Eric Kupers of Dandelion Dancetheater teaches a naturist dance workshop.

A look at naturism in Mexico.

Shannon, Katrina & Bella visit Madrid and Ibiza.

A look at naturism on the island of Rügen, Germany.

A documentary about Luz del Fuego, the naturist dancer who shook the moral foundations of Rio de Janeiro in the late 1940s and early 1950s with her transgressive way of life.