Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
NZIFF2023
An eye-opening work which may change the way you look at movies, Nina Menkes’ documentary essay uses footage from hundreds of films to deconstruct and re-examine the male gaze in cinema.
”[The film] isn’t so much of a shocking revelation as it is an eye-opening wake-up call to be more thoughtful about how women are depicted in film and how that translates into our everyday lives.” ~Ethan Anderton, Slashfilm