Brainwashed: Sex-camera-power
strong nudity, sex, sexual violence
Director(s)Nina Menkes
Production year2022
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes107m
CastRhiannon Aarons, Rosanna Arquette, Raja Bhattar, Lara Dale, Julie Dash, Sandra de Castro Buffington, Maria Giese, May Hong HaDuong, Catherine Hardwicke, Eliza Hittman, Nina Menkes, Nina Menkes, Nina Menkes, Dehanza Rogers, Sharon Farber, Shana Hagan, Cecily Rhett
Brainwashed: Sex-camera-power
strong nudity, sex, sexual violence
This unflinching documentary explores how women are depicted in film and its effects on discrimination and abuse. Freque ...
This unflinching documentary explores how women are depicted in film and its effects on discrimination and abuse. Frequent clips contain nudity, sexual detail and sexual violence, but delivered through an educational lens.
language
sex
discrimination
drugs
sexual violence and sexual threat
nudity
violence
threat and horror
strong nudity, sex, sexual violence
Classified Date:
28/02/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('shit', 'ass', 'butt', 'God' and 'hell').
sex
Strong sex is frequent throughout, taken from scenes from various films but with a particular focus on Hollywood depictions of sex. Scenes are accompanied by a continuous commentary from the filmmaker.
discrimination
Frequent references are made to sexism and other forms of gendered discrimination in the context of popular culture and the film industry, with a particular focus on Western countries.
drugs
There is a brief scene in which a character consumes drugs from a naked woman's body.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Some scenes involve depictions of sexual violence, sexually abusive behaviour and harassment, particularly towards women, and sometimes involves encounters in which the lines of consent are not entirely clear. There are also references made to real life instances of sexual violence, abuse and discrimination experienced by women in the film industry, including those that involved Harvey Weinstein. 'Rape culture' is also discussed more broadly by various professional commentators.
nudity
Scenes of sexualised nudity are frequent, with an emphasis on the female body in particular. Such sequences are continuous throughout, selected from films from as early as the 19th Century onwards, accompanied by a commentary that deconstructs the gendered implications of such pervasive images. Sometimes these sexualised images include girls, in the context of condemning the sexualised depiction of children.
strong nudity, sex, sexual violence
Classified Date:
02/06/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
BFI Video
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('shit', 'ass', 'butt', 'God' and 'hell').
sex
Strong sex is frequent throughout, taken from scenes from various films but with a particular focus on Hollywood depictions of sex. Scenes are accompanied by a continuous commentary from the filmmaker.
discrimination
Frequent references are made to sexism and other forms of gendered discrimination in the context of popular culture and the film industry, with a particular focus on Western countries.
drugs
There is a brief scene in which a character consumes drugs from a naked woman's body.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Some scenes involve depictions of sexual violence, sexually abusive behaviour and harassment, particularly towards women, and sometimes involves encounters in which the lines of consent are not entirely clear. There are also references made to real life instances of sexual violence, abuse and discrimination experienced by women in the film industry, including those that involved Harvey Weinstein. 'Rape culture' is also discussed more broadly by various professional commentators.
nudity
Scenes of sexualised nudity are frequent, with an emphasis on the female body in particular. Such sequences are continuous throughout, selected from films from as early as the 19th Century onwards, accompanied by a commentary that deconstructs the gendered implications of such pervasive images. Sometimes these sexualised images include girls, in the context of condemning the sexualised depiction of children.
Classified Date:
19/04/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
Classified date02/06/2023
LanguageEnglish
language
sex
discrimination
drugs
sexual violence and sexual threat
nudity
violence
threat and horror
Director(s)Nina Menkes
Production year2022
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes107m
CastRhiannon Aarons, Rosanna Arquette, Raja Bhattar, Lara Dale, Julie Dash, Sandra de Castro Buffington, Maria Giese, May Hong HaDuong, Catherine Hardwicke, Eliza Hittman, Nina Menkes, Nina Menkes, Nina Menkes, Dehanza Rogers, Sharon Farber, Shana Hagan, Cecily Rhett
strong nudity, sex, sexual violence
Classified Date:
28/02/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('shit', 'ass', 'butt', 'God' and 'hell').
sex
Strong sex is frequent throughout, taken from scenes from various films but with a particular focus on Hollywood depictions of sex. Scenes are accompanied by a continuous commentary from the filmmaker.
discrimination
Frequent references are made to sexism and other forms of gendered discrimination in the context of popular culture and the film industry, with a particular focus on Western countries.
drugs
There is a brief scene in which a character consumes drugs from a naked woman's body.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Some scenes involve depictions of sexual violence, sexually abusive behaviour and harassment, particularly towards women, and sometimes involves encounters in which the lines of consent are not entirely clear. There are also references made to real life instances of sexual violence, abuse and discrimination experienced by women in the film industry, including those that involved Harvey Weinstein. 'Rape culture' is also discussed more broadly by various professional commentators.
nudity
Scenes of sexualised nudity are frequent, with an emphasis on the female body in particular. Such sequences are continuous throughout, selected from films from as early as the 19th Century onwards, accompanied by a commentary that deconstructs the gendered implications of such pervasive images. Sometimes these sexualised images include girls, in the context of condemning the sexualised depiction of children.
strong nudity, sex, sexual violence
Classified Date:
02/06/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
BFI Video
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('shit', 'ass', 'butt', 'God' and 'hell').
sex
Strong sex is frequent throughout, taken from scenes from various films but with a particular focus on Hollywood depictions of sex. Scenes are accompanied by a continuous commentary from the filmmaker.
discrimination
Frequent references are made to sexism and other forms of gendered discrimination in the context of popular culture and the film industry, with a particular focus on Western countries.
drugs
There is a brief scene in which a character consumes drugs from a naked woman's body.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Some scenes involve depictions of sexual violence, sexually abusive behaviour and harassment, particularly towards women, and sometimes involves encounters in which the lines of consent are not entirely clear. There are also references made to real life instances of sexual violence, abuse and discrimination experienced by women in the film industry, including those that involved Harvey Weinstein. 'Rape culture' is also discussed more broadly by various professional commentators.
nudity
Scenes of sexualised nudity are frequent, with an emphasis on the female body in particular. Such sequences are continuous throughout, selected from films from as early as the 19th Century onwards, accompanied by a commentary that deconstructs the gendered implications of such pervasive images. Sometimes these sexualised images include girls, in the context of condemning the sexualised depiction of children.
Classified Date:
19/04/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
Classified date02/06/2023
LanguageEnglish