In her 2003 autobiography, Traci Lords: Underneath It All , Lords discusses the shame and trauma of her early work. While she does not name Sister Dearest specifically, she refers to the "1984 films" as a period of fear and exploitation. She has actively petitioned for all copies of her minor-era work to be destroyed. For fans of the actor Traci Lords—who went on to star in Cry-Baby , Melrose Place , and Blade —searching for "Sister Dearest" is a violation of her recovery.
Before we decode the keyword, we must understand the timeline. Traci Lords (born Nora Louise Kuzma) was, by her own admission, a runaway teen who entered the adult film industry using fake identification. In 1984, she was a minor. She was, in fact, only 16 years old. Traci Lords Sister Dearest 1984 29
The film is widely cited in discussions of Lords' early career due to the legal controversy that later surrounded her work from this period. In her 2003 autobiography, Traci Lords: Underneath It