Title Brainwashed : sex-camera-power / produced by Nina Menkes; based on the talk Sex and power: the visual language of cinema by Nina Menkes

Published [United States] : Menkesfilm, [2022] [New York, NY] : Kino Lorber, [2022] ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file (108 minutes)) : sound, color and black and white 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. The result is an electrifying call-to-action that will fundamentally change the way you see, and watch, movies Notes Title from title frames Based on the talk: Sex and power: the visual language of cinema by Nina Menkes Streaming video file Wide screen (1.78:1) Credits Music by Sharon Farber; director of photography, Shana Hagan; editor, Cecily Rhett Performer Laura Mulvey, Catherine Hardwicke, Charlyne Yi, Eliza Hittman, Joey Soloway, Julie Dash, Penelope Spheeris, Rosanna Arquette Event Originally produced as a documentary film in 2022 Notes Closed captions In English with optional closed captioning Subject Sex role in motion pictures. Sexism in motion pictures. Cinematography -- Philosophy and aesthetics -- Sociological aspects Cinematography -- Philosophy and aesthetics -- Moral and ethical aspects Cinematography -- Philosophy and aesthetics -- History and criticism Women in motion pictures -- Philosophy and aesthetics -- Moral and ethical aspects Women in motion pictures -- Philosophy and aesthetics -- Sociological aspects Women in motion pictures -- Philosophy and aesthetics -- History and criticism Objectification (Social psychology) -- In motion pictures -- History and criticism Body image in motion pictures -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History and criticism Body image in women -- In motion pictures -- History and criticism Sexual ethics -- In motion pictures -- History and criticism Rape culture -- In motion pictures -- History and criticism Women in the motion picture industry -- Moral and ethical aspects Women in the motion picture industry -- Sociological aspects Male domination (Social structure) -- In motion pictures -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History and criticism Motion picture music -- Philosophy and aesthetics -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History and criticism Visual literacy. Objectification (Social psychology) in mass media -- History and criticism Mass media and culture -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History and criticism Sex discrimination in employment. Sex discrimination against women. mass media. women's studies. history (discipline) sociology. social sciences. Gender identity in motion pictures Sexism in motion pictures Genre/Form documentary film. Documentary films Nonfiction films Documentary films. Film criticism. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Documentaires. Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives. Internet videos. Motion pictures. Form Streaming video Author Menkes, Nina, film director, film producer, on-screen participant. Mulvey, Laura, on-screen participant. Hardwicke, Catherine, on-screen participant. Yi, Charlyne, on-screen participant. Hittman, Eliza, on-screen participant. Soloway, Joey, 1965- on-screen participant. Dash, Julie, on-screen participant. Spheeris, Penelope, on-screen participant. Arquette, Rosanna, 1959- on-screen participant. Farber, Sharon, composer (expression) Hagan, Shana, director of photography. Rhett, Cecily, editor of moving image work. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Menkes, Nina. Sex and power Kino Lorber, Inc., distributor. Menkesfilm, production company

Other Titles Sex, camera, power

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