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Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

2022 · 107 min

A rigorous, unsettling lecture that makes you rewatch familiar images with new suspicion and quiet anger.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Earnest, tense, dark and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Gender, media, power, sexuality
Content: Strong sexual content. Mild violence, gore and language.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: gender
media
power
sexuality
justice
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong