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Kino Lorber |
Release Date:
October 21, 2022
Summary:
If the camera is predatory, then the culture is predatory.” In this eye-opening documentary, celebrated independent filmmaker Nina Menkes explores the sexual politics of cinematic shot design. Using clips from hundreds of movies we all know and love – from Metropolis to Vertigo to Phantom Thread – Menkes convincingly makes the argument that shot design is gendered. Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power illuminates the patriarchal narrative codes that hide within supposedly “classic” set-ups and camera angles, and demonstrates how women are frequently displayed as objects for the use, support, and pleasure of male subjects. Building on the essential work of Laura Mulvey and other feminist writers, Menkes shows how these not-so-subtle embedded messages affect and intersect with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse and assault, as well as employment discrimination against women, especially in the film industry. The film features interviews with an all-star cast of women and non-binary industry professionals including Julie Dash, Penelope Spheeris, Charlyne Yi, Joey Soloway, Catherine Hardwicke, Eliza Hittman, Maria Giese, and Rosanna Arquette. [Kino Lorber]
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Details
| Runtime: | 107 min |
| Rating: | Not Rated |
| Official Site: | https://www.brainwashedmovie.com/ |
| Production: | SIF 309 Film Music |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Country: | US |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Jan 24, 2023 |
| Director | Credit |
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| Nina Menkes | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
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| Nina Menkes | Screenwriter |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
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| Catherine Hardwicke | Self |
| Eliza Hittman | Self |
| Julie Dash | Self |
| Kathleen Antonia | Self (Kathleen Antonia Tarr) |
| Lara Dale | Self |
| Maria Giese | Self |
| May Hong HaDuong | Self Interviewee |
| Rhiannon Aarons | Self |
| Rosanna Arquette | Self |
| Sandra de Castro Buffington | Self |
| Cast | Credit |
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| Freddy D. Ramsey Jr. | Self - Interviewee |
| Ita O'Brien | Self |
| Iyabo Kwayana | Self |
| Laura Mulvey | Self |
| Nina Menkes | Self |
| Producer | Credit |
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| Abigail Disney | Executive Producer |
| Cecily Rhett | Creative Producer |
| Dehanza Rogers | Producer |
| Deirdre Brennan | Associate Producer |
| Guo Guo | Co-Producer |
| Inka Rusi | Creative Producer |
| Maria Giese | Co-Producer |
| Melody Sui | Associate Producer |
| Nina Menkes | Producer |
| Samantha Gao | Associate Producer |
| Sandra de Castro Buffington | Co-Producer |
| Sarah Ben Hardouze | Associate Producer |
| Summer Xinlei Yang | Co-Producer |
| Susan Disney Lord | Executive Producer |
| Tanja Rusi | Line Producer |
| Tim Disney | Executive Producer |
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