Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

2022•1h 47m•6.1/10

DocumentaryDramaCrime

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6.1/10(32)

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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Production

Menkesfilm

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Nina Menkes

Nina Menkes

Self

Rosanna Arquette

Rosanna Arquette

Self

Penelope Spheeris

Penelope Spheeris

Self

Catherine Hardwicke

Catherine Hardwicke

Self

Julie Dash

Julie Dash

Self

Sheila Frazier

Sheila Frazier

Self

Joey Soloway

Joey Soloway

Self

Eliza Hittman

Eliza Hittman

Self

Laura Mulvey

Laura Mulvey

Self

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman

(archive footage)

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