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Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

5.9(36)20221h 47m1

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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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$28.8K
Language
English
  • women's sexual identity
  • sexism
  • interview
  • documentary filmmaking
  • expert opinion
  • women in film
  • social & cultural documentary
  • women and society

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Nina Menkes

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Digital / OTTSundance Film Festival (Virtual)22 Jan 2022
    • Theatrical (limited)21 Oct 2022
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival15 Oct 2022
    • Theatrical (limited)1812 May 2023
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1510 Dec 2022
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-162 Dec 2022
  • FranceFR

    • TVARTE4 Sept 2023
  • South KoreaKR

    • PremiereJeonju International Film Festival1 May 2022

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Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power was released on 21 October 2022.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    9/10/2024

    6/10

    It looks like there was quite a bit of Disney family backing for this occasionally quite insightful look at the roles of women in cinema over the decades, but unfortunately Nina Menkes chose to use a lecture as the template for her message and the ensuing delivery is probably more notable for it's sweeping generalisations than it is for any potent points it wishes to make. Her message about the historical objectifica…

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