Brainwashed : : Sex-Camera-Power

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Call Number: DVD 791.436 Br, Adult DVD / Nonfiction / Performing Arts / General / Brainwashed
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

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Based on the talk "Sex and power: the visual language of cinema" by Nina Menkes.
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2022.
Wide screen (1.78:1).
Special features: Audio commentary with director Nina Menkes & creative producer/editor Cecily Rhett; Deleted scene: editor Nancy Richardson reveals sexism within the editing world; Isolated excerpts of the score by Sharon Farber; The music behind Brainwashed; Q&A with Nina Menkes; Theatrical trailer.
Featuring, Julie Dash, Penelope Spheeris, Charlyne Yi, Joey Soloway, Catherine Hardwicke, Eliza Hittman, Maria Giese, Rosanna Arquette.
"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. It 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. 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. The result is an electrifying call-to-action that will fundamentally change the way you see, and watch, movies.
DVD, NTSC region 1; wide screen 1.78:1 16x9 ; 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo Dolby audio.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

boycott films that are sexist submitted by yufamily on June 27, 2023, 9:36am Nina Menkes makes some valid points about the film industry's dark side and the effects it has on women. It's time to make changes.