Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
DocumentaryDramaCrime
Investigates the politics of cinematic shot design, and how this meta-level of filmmaking intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women, with over 80 movie clips from 1896 - 2020.
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This film feels like an urgent, incisive lecture, meticulously dissecting how cinematic language shapes our understanding of gender and power. It's a critical examination, using a wealth of archival clips to expose pervasive visual biases, leaving you with a profoundly altered perspective on the images you consume.
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women's sexual identitysexisminterviewdocumentary filmmakingexpert opinionwomen in filmsocial & cultural documentarywomen and society
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