Oct 21, 2022
107 min
Full-HD

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (2022)

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.

Category

Documentary Drama Crime

Country

United States of America

Companies

Menkesfilm

Nina Menkes

Self

Rosanna Arquette

Self

Penelope Spheeris

Self

Catherine Hardwicke

Self

Julie Dash

Self

Sheila Frazier

Self

Joey Soloway

Self

Eliza Hittman

Self

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