NYPD Nude

A short, talking-heads documentary that quietly weighs personal freedom against workplace solidarity, feeling more thoughtful than sensational.

Directed by

Margo Harkin

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Carol Shaya Castro

Overview

When New York Police Department Officer, Carol Shaya posed nude for Playboy magazine she drew the wrath of many of her female colleagues. They felt that her striptease in uniform knocked their progress back by twenty years. In another case, Sergeant Cibella Borges was sacked from the force in 1983 for appearing in a hard core men’s magazine. Her case was taken to the High Court where she was reinstated. NYPD Nude interviews Carol, Cibella and other women within the NYPD and explores the boundaries between private and professional life in the Carol Shaya case.

How it feels

Earnest, tense and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Gender, work, identity, media

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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