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Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

  • 2022
  • 1h 47m
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6.2/10
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Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (2022)
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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 wom... Read allInvestigates 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 175 movie clips from 1896 - 2020.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 175 movie clips from 1896 - 2020.

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    • Nina Menkes
  • Writer
    • Nina Menkes
  • Stars
    • Rhiannon Aarons
    • Rosanna Arquette
    • Raja Bhattar
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    • Director
      • Nina Menkes
    • Writer
      • Nina Menkes
    • Stars
      • Rhiannon Aarons
      • Rosanna Arquette
      • Raja Bhattar
    • 25User reviews
    • 77Critic reviews
    • 58Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Rhiannon Aarons
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    Rosanna Arquette
    Rosanna Arquette
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    Raja Bhattar
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    • (as Dr. Raja Bhattar)
    Lara Dale
    Lara Dale
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    Julie Dash
    Julie Dash
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    Sandra de Castro Buffington
    Sandra de Castro Buffington
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    Maria Giese
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    May Hong HaDuong
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    • (as May Hong Haduong)
    Catherine Hardwicke
    Catherine Hardwicke
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    Eliza Hittman
    Eliza Hittman
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    Iyabo Kwayana
    Iyabo Kwayana
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    Jodi Lambert
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    Laura Mulvey
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    Ita O'Brien
    Ita O'Brien
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    Freddy D. Ramsey Jr.
    Freddy D. Ramsey Jr.
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    Maya Montañez Smukler
    • Self
    Joey Soloway
    Joey Soloway
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    Penelope Spheeris
    Penelope Spheeris
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      • Nina Menkes
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      • Nina Menkes
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    9OJT

    we are all watching the male perspective - Eye-opener for most males?

    Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power i s documentary that focuses on the male perspective to which becomes the narrative on 95-98 % of all films made. By men, seen by men and women seen as a object.

    As a male I must say I am kinda baffled that I haven't seen that in all these movies. I have of course seen the obvious, but there's so many that I didn't see go into that narrative.

    The fact that the male body is taboo in most movies, that you never see close up s of it i quite baffling.

    A film to learn from, and be ashamed of, as a male? Yes, I'm sorry to say.

    That is in fact the case. And it's really too much to handle.

    We are almost always asked to see the male perspective, even in films made by women, because we are learned that's the way to do it.

    Important stuff for any film school, and for any film buff.
    6GoldenGooner04

    What about Daniel Craig ?

    Why did we not see Mr Craig as Bond coming out the water in slow-mo in Casino Royale, but we saw Halle Berry from Die Another Day. I wonder why?

    Cinema is meant to mirror real life, that's be honest here us men as stupid, from the early teens women control us. I wonder if these women interviewed have ever used there bodies to attract men? To get things from men? Women go for looks the same as blokes all this BS about "we are deeper then that" BS try a dating site, try meeting in a room of singles, they see the cover and decide the same as men.

    Look at Playboy and the other mags, did people force the women to go into the magazines? NO they done it for money and fame.

    A woman who is a close "friend" said to me once, we sit on a pot of Gold you men are so weak, I could not argue with her Monroe who begged to be a straight actor, and was refused got to the heights she did by being pure SEX, Some like it hot for one film.

    Women can't get the hump when they use their sexuality to control us like a dog on a lead, then cry when they are portrayed as that in some films.

    That Doc is BS some of the old films they showed in black and white these actors could ACT yes they looked sexy, but did you see any skin? And some of these films won awards they were great films, so we hate them now cause of the way the camera shot them.

    It would be interesting to know how many blokes in that audience had to adjust their trousers as some of these clips were hot stuff it's like Helen Mirren now one of the Greatest Women actors EVER how did she start off her career, was she forced to do that film?
    8xieastrid

    Are you offended?

    It's interesting to see the different opinions from the comment sections. I saw someone made a comment and it goes something like "yes women are being objectified but they are also doing so on their own accord..."and they (sorry to assume but i guess there is 89% chances that they are a cis-gender heterosexual man) used examples if instagram influencer and models...

    Utterly speechless, why so defensive? This is a desperate try to distract people and themselves from the actual issues at the core of this film which is extremely poignant. If we are talking about male gaze, and the objectification of men toward women, we are talking about an oppressive troupe which put women in a passive position, dehumanizing women, ignoring their subjectivity and voices while fragmenting their bodies, privileging the male gaze. Influencers and models are a different issue here, what they suggest that is women dont have autonomy and sense to empower themselves by displaying and posing their bodies on sns in their own way. Cuz whatever we do is to cater your gaze and perpetuate male oppression right?

    Women have the freedom to choose whatever the way the want to celebrate and display their bodies, its about being comfortable in one's own skin.

    And also why not think of why women feel the need sometimes to cater or as they suggest perpetuate the objectification? Its patriarchal pedagogy and propaganda which a lot of us have to unlearn. Its structural, still pinpointing to the cultural of female objectification. Stop being defensive, look inward. Or else you are not getting any point of this documentary.
    8phu_u

    The documentary all women must watch

    Coming here to read the reviews after finishing the documentary and seeing so many angry men labelling the director obnoxious, "bpd feminist", etc etc, just proves the point that this documentary was NEEDED in the field of filmmaking.

    The documentary is a window towards a new perspective in filmmaking, where women directors (and anywhere in the movie industry) are empowered by having equal opportunities to express their creativity while having it valued justly by the industry.

    The director Nina Menkes raises some essential questions which are upon the future generations of creatives to answer. She has a way of engrossing the viewer to what is being presented, while also making them an active part of it.

    I hope this documentary sparks a new era in the filmmaking industry and beyond.

    "The first feminist act is looking. To say, "Ok, you're looking at me, but I am looking right back." Agnes Varda.
    10pantico-wei

    Mindblowing revelations of how filmmaking process demeans women

    Once you see this movie, you can't unsee what it clearly demonstrates.

    Brainwashed is a giant step in bringing awareness to the subtle and not-so-subtle ways women are treated as second class citizens through cinematic process and technique. Brainwashed shows how consistent camera angles, lighting, and other shot design elements are applied exclusively to women, such that women are almost exclusively presented as objects of other's (men's mostly) desires rather than as their own subjects in the characters they portray.

    This below awareness process inculcates patriarchal codes! "If the camera is predatory, then the culture is predatory."

    This is a meta-level awareness game changer of a film! Must see!

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      • March 17, 2023 (Poland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Brainwashed
    • Production companies
      • Menkesfilm
      • Eos World Fund
      • Eos World Fund
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      • $1,550,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $28,826
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,409
      • Oct 23, 2022
    • Gross worldwide
      • $46,077
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