These films deal with notions of objectification, submission and enforced roles through the contextual lens of beauty, domesticity and sexuality.
Do What They Told You
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Bread
Bread hones in on the symbolic role of food, specifically in the way that it highlights gendered imbalances of power in the entertainment industry.
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Semiotics of the Kitchen
A woman stands in a kitchen surrounded by gadgets, picking up each of them and naming them alphabetically with precise, controlled, angry movements.
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Play Boy
An experimental film spliced together from the detritus of early 1980s Times Square porn and pawn shops. Gritty, sensorial and hypnotic.
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Belladonna
A number of somber talking heads frankly describe their most personal and perverse attitudes on sex, violence and other family matters.
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Mixed Messages
An experimental video collage that examines gender-stereotyping in popular culture, concluding with a post-modern version of the Pandora myth.
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Saute ma ville
A young Chantal Akerman goes berserk in her kitchen and, while singing, trashes it. A burlesque pamphlet against household chores with May 68 underton
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When the Dogs Talked
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Persona 5
A group of game-addicted friends strive for perfect control, an extreme form of escapism equal parts impressive and frightening.
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Moving Pictures: Filmmakers and the Art of Cinematography
Is camerawork a science or an art form? Every professional sees this differently, as revealed in this insightful documentary on this aspect of filmmak