Southern California Naturist Association, Family-Friendly Nude Recreation
Welcome to the Southern California Naturist Association

SCNA is a clothing-optional travel club. We are a group of nudists and like-minded friends in the Greater Los Angeles area with no specific park or resort to call home. That frees us to explore the many opportunities for recreation and socializing that are available in our warm, beautiful region.

Within these pages you may encounter pictures of normal people just like you having fun camping, hiking, boating, and such, except they are doing so without the restriction of clothing. This website reflects our family-friendly orientation and illustrates the fun activities that we enjoy. It also has many articles and links that are excellent resources for expanding one’s understanding of nudism in America and world-wide.

If you are under age or otherwise not permitted to view frontal nudity in your home or community, please leave this site now. If you are looking for sexual content, or photos of children, you have definitely come to the wrong place!

SCNA: Southern California Naturist Association

SCNA’s Resident Critic Reviews
Nudity in Popular Media

The stated mission of SCNA is to promote and encourage clothing-optional recreation, education and personal growth opportunities for all ages.

Outside the family and church, no medium has proved more important to establish and verify our American cultural values than the entertainment industry. From the days of Mae West and the Hayes Code to the antics of today’s celebrities, our movies and television shows have told us how to feel about social nudity and body acceptance. For the most part, nudity is portrayed as sexual foreplay, as something sleezy or to be snickered at.

The Movie Buff™ reviews the entertainment media for positive messages about nudity and clothing-optionality where the unclothed human body is celebrated, where human sensuality is accepted, and where personal choice is respected.

We will review movies, TV, live theater, books, and whatever else comes across our desk in hopes of pointing out to the public which of these portray a fair and balanced representation of our lifestyle.

We welcome any comment you may wish to contribute to our efforts.

Movies by Type

Adventure

No Records

MOVIES BY TYPE:

Adventure

The Blue Lagoon (1980)
Paradise (1982)
Perils of Gwendolyn...(1984)
Tarzan and His Mate (1933)

Animated

Allegro Non Troppo (1976)

Comedy

Confetti (2006)
Exit to Eden (1994)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
My Wife Is an Actress (2002)
Park (2007)
The Road to Wellville (1994)
Splash (1984)

Documentary

Busting Out (2005)
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
Naked States (2003)
Same River Twice (2005)

Drama

Age of Consent (1968)
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
Calendar Girls (2003)
Castaway (1987)
The Dreamers (2004)
Mrs. Henderson Presents (2006)
Naked Fear (2007)
The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)
Showgirls (1995)
Sirens (1994)
Stealing Beauty (1995)
Swimming Pool (2003)
Taking Woodstock (2010)
Walkabout (1976)

Foreign Language

The Whore and the Whale (2004)
Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)

Musical

Allegro Non Troppo (1976)
Aria (1987)


Coming Attractions!

Body Heat
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Looker
Private Lessons
Off the Map
Naked World
Summer Lovers
Tarzan the Ape Man

TELEVISION Shows/Episodes:

Boston Legal: "Breast of Show" (2006)
Going to California:"The Naked & the Nude" (2001)
Mad Mad House (2004 SciFi Series)
Monk: "Mr. Monk and the Naked Man" (2007)
Queer Eye: The Guys Remake a Nudist (2005)
Simple Life: Paris Hilton Visits Nudist Park (2004)
Surreal Life: Visits to Desert Shadows (2004)
Taboo: "Extreme Living - Lake Como Nudist Park" (2004)

Coming Soon!

Weeds
Look
Penn & Teller's "Bullshit!"

ON STAGE/Theater:

Night Marsh
Puppetry of the Penis
Steambath (1973 HBO)
The Vagina Monologues

BOOKS:

Clothing Optional (2007)
Live Nude Girl (2009)

Coming Soon!

Naked Fear - The Book (2010)
Women in Nude Recreation
Theatre au Natural
Body Freedom Day
Nudist Among Us
Children of the Sun
Growing Up Without Shame
Therapy. Nudity and Joy
The Nudist Idea


SCNA Commentaries:

Paris Hilton Hamburger Commercial (2005)
Janet Jackson's "Wardrobe Malfunction" (2004)
The Fig Leaves Are Falling (in Film)
"Zealots Threaten Public Television"

Our Rating System
(1 to 5 stars):

Rating stars are awarded based not just upon the quality of the production but also how the nudity is portrayed. Lower scores are given for pixilation and where the nudity is just a pretext for sex. Higher scores are awarded when unashamed nudity and positive body acceptance themes are a part of storyline, and when both men and women are seen nude in a non-sexual context.