Brainwashed: Sex-camera-power

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 date

02/06/2023
Language

English

Director(s)

Nina Menkes

Production Year

2022

Genre(s)

Documentary

Approx. running minutes

107m