| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, 58 min.) : sound, color |
| Summary |
In MEF's powerful new release, The Bro Code, filmmaker Thomas Keith takes aim at the forces in male culture that condition boys and men to dehumanize and disrespect women. Keith breaks down a range of contemporary media forms that are saturated with sexism -- movies and music videos that glamorize misogyny; pornography that trades in the brutalization of women; comedy routines that make fun of sexual assault; and a slate of men's magazines and cable TV shows whose sole purpose is to revel in reactionary myths of American manhood. The message he uncovers in virtually every corner of our entertainment culture is clear: It's not only normal -- but cool -- for boys and men to control and humiliate women. By showing how there's nothing natural or inevitable about this mentality, and by setting it against the terrible reality of men's violence against women in the real world, The Bro Code challenges young people to step up and fight back against the idea that being a real man means disrespecting women |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Michael Enriquez ; editor, Thomas Keith |
| Performer |
With Thomas Keith ; interviewees: Douglas Rushkoff, Michael Leahy, Rory Reid, Robert Jensen, Michael Kimmel, Shira Tarrant, Gilbert Pete, Neal King, Richard Taklender, Gonzalo Rucobo, J.W. Wiley, Also includes a recorded clip of Tony Porter |
| Event |
Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2011 |
| Notes |
In English; optional English subtitles |
| Audience |
Higher education |
| Notes |
Streaming video file |
| Subject |
Masculinity in popular culture -- United States
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Men in popular culture -- United States
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Misogyny -- United States
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Sexism -- United States
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Women in popular culture -- United States
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Masculinity in popular culture.
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Men in popular culture.
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Misogyny.
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Sexism.
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Women in popular culture.
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United States.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Keith, Thomas, 1958- screenwriter, film producer, editor.
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Rushkoff, Douglas, interviewee.
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Leahy, Michael, 1950- interviewee.
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Reid, Rory, interviewee.
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Jensen, Robert, 1958- interviewee.
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Kimmel, Michael S., interviewee.
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Tarrant, Shira, 1963- interviewee.
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Pete, Gilbert, interviewee.
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King, Neal, 1947- interviewee.
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Taklender, Richard, interviewee.
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Rucobo, Gonzalo, interviewee.
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Wiley, J. W., 1958- interviewee.
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Porter, Tony (Film editor), interviewee.
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Media Education Foundation, publisher.
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