Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
2022·Documentary·1h 47m
7.1
★
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.
Directed by Nina Menkes
women's sexual identity
sexism
interview
documentary filmmaking
expert opinion
women in film
social & cultural documentary
women and society
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Cast
Nina Menkes
Self
Rosanna Arquette
Self
Penelope Spheeris
Self
Catherine Hardwicke
Self
Julie Dash
Self
Sheila Frazier
Self
Joey Soloway
Self
Eliza Hittman
Self
Laura Mulvey
Self
Hugh Jackman
(archive footage)
Crew
Nina Menkes
Director
Sharon Farber
Original Music Composer
Abigail Disney
Executive Producer
Nina Menkes
Producer
Popular Reviews
21 reviews
sophie
6.0★ · 09/14/25
mopi mentioned briefly? 🔥🔥🔥
mopi mentioned briefly? 🔥🔥🔥
Chris Fasoli
6.0★ · 03/20/25
this reminded me to kick a man today ( I am one, sorry ).
this reminded me to kick a man today ( I am one, sorry ).
Maya
7.0★ · 12/30/24
“How little progress really has been made”
I feel like because women have the male gaze so imprinted on them, sometimes you put on this act for how you think you should behave. It’s almost like some sort of drag show you put on.
“Passivity feels inherently sexual”
Quite a sad doc but it also makes me hopeful to one day be the change and see the change.We can only do this by investigating what we see!
I feel like because women have the male gaze so imprinted on them, sometimes you put on this act for how you think you should behave. It’s almost like some sort of drag show you put on.
“Passivity feels inherently sexual”
Quite a sad doc but it also makes me hopeful to one day be the change and see the change.We can only do this by investigating what we see!
“How little progress really has been made”
I feel like because women have the male gaze so imprinted on them, sometimes you put on this act for how you think you should behave. It’s almost like some sort of drag show you put on.
“Passivity feels inherently sexual”
Quite a sad doc but it also makes me hopeful to one day be the change and see the change.We can only do this by investigating what we see!
I feel like because women have the male gaze so imprinted on them, sometimes you put on this act for how you think you should behave. It’s almost like some sort of drag show you put on.
“Passivity feels inherently sexual”
Quite a sad doc but it also makes me hopeful to one day be the change and see the change.We can only do this by investigating what we see!
T
9.8★ · 12/17/24
All men cinephile must watch this
All men cinephile must watch this
Sara DiLorenzo
5.0★ · 01/27/24
i think this is genuinely an important watch because it touches on very little details throughout cinema that have caused us to become brainwashed.
the creator, however, tears down female directors for playing into this toxicity. yet, she takes any chance she can to include her own work, stating the case of “oh but when i do it it’s okay because….”
ALSO, this documentary is too long. i know it’s long because there are just so many things to be said and shown, but after a while it truly became sickening to watch because of my own personal experiences. at first it was very interesting and eye opening, and it definitely made me feel very seen. but the longer it went on, the worse i began to feel watching it. at some point in the film, it just felt like spreading awareness became forcing traumatic scenes down our throats.
maybe its just me. as someone whose a victim of sexual assault, it just started to make me feel so terrible and sick to my stomach.
all in all, i think this was a really important film to watch, especially if you are a filmmaker or just someone who loves film. but be aware.
the creator, however, tears down female directors for playing into this toxicity. yet, she takes any chance she can to include her own work, stating the case of “oh but when i do it it’s okay because….”
ALSO, this documentary is too long. i know it’s long because there are just so many things to be said and shown, but after a while it truly became sickening to watch because of my own personal experiences. at first it was very interesting and eye opening, and it definitely made me feel very seen. but the longer it went on, the worse i began to feel watching it. at some point in the film, it just felt like spreading awareness became forcing traumatic scenes down our throats.
maybe its just me. as someone whose a victim of sexual assault, it just started to make me feel so terrible and sick to my stomach.
all in all, i think this was a really important film to watch, especially if you are a filmmaker or just someone who loves film. but be aware.
i think this is genuinely an important watch because it touches on very little details throughout cinema that have caused us to become brainwashed.
the creator, however, tears down female directors for playing into this toxicity. yet, she takes any chance she can to include her own work, stating the case of “oh but when i do it it’s okay because….”
ALSO, this documentary is too long. i know it’s long because there are just so many things to be said and shown, but after a while it truly became sickening to watch because of my own personal experiences. at first it was very interesting and eye opening, and it definitely made me feel very seen. but the longer it went on, the worse i began to feel watching it. at some point in the film, it just felt like spreading awareness became forcing traumatic scenes down our throats.
maybe its just me. as someone whose a victim of sexual assault, it just started to make me feel so terrible and sick to my stomach.
all in all, i think this was a really important film to watch, especially if you are a filmmaker or just someone who loves film. but be aware.
the creator, however, tears down female directors for playing into this toxicity. yet, she takes any chance she can to include her own work, stating the case of “oh but when i do it it’s okay because….”
ALSO, this documentary is too long. i know it’s long because there are just so many things to be said and shown, but after a while it truly became sickening to watch because of my own personal experiences. at first it was very interesting and eye opening, and it definitely made me feel very seen. but the longer it went on, the worse i began to feel watching it. at some point in the film, it just felt like spreading awareness became forcing traumatic scenes down our throats.
maybe its just me. as someone whose a victim of sexual assault, it just started to make me feel so terrible and sick to my stomach.
all in all, i think this was a really important film to watch, especially if you are a filmmaker or just someone who loves film. but be aware.