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59% Critic Match
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
5.9 / 10• 2022• 1h 47m•NR• English
DocumentaryDramaCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Nina Menkes
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Lead
Rosanna Arquette
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Penelope Spheeris
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Catherine Hardwicke
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Julie Dash
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Sheila Frazier
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Joey Soloway
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Eliza Hittman
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What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Nina Menkes's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
