Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Synopsis

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.

CAST

Nina Menkes

Director

Nina Menkes

Self

Rosanna Arquette

Self

Penelope Spheeris

Self

Catherine Hardwicke

Self

Julie Dash

Self

Sheila Frazier

Self

Joey Soloway

Self

Eliza Hittman

Self

Laura Mulvey

Self

Hugh Jackman

(archive footage)

Nina Menkes

Director

Nina Menkes

Self

Rosanna Arquette

Self

Penelope Spheeris

Self

Catherine Hardwicke

Self

Julie Dash

Self

Sheila Frazier

Self

Joey Soloway

Self

Eliza Hittman

Self

Laura Mulvey

Self

Hugh Jackman

(archive footage)

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