Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Crash course in feminist film analysis.

“The Male Gaze” in cinema has been a popular topic of debate since being coined by Laura Mulvey in 1975. It is no less relevant in a post-MeToo world. Time for a check-in?

In this documentary-lecture hybrid, award winning filmmaker Nina Menkes tackles cinematography, composition, and other cinematic devices. To what extent to traditional narrative techniques help to uphold sexist stereotypes in society at large? Drawing in film clips and interviews with industry colleagues, Menkes effectively illustrates how cinema influences how we see the world around us – and why representation and diversity on screen really matter.