Belladonna
A number of somber talking heads frankly describe their most personal and perverse attitudes on sex, violence and other family matters.
13'
USA
IFFR 2020
A stream-of-consciousness video that examines gender stereotyping in popular culture, concluding with a post-modern version of the Pandora myth. Imagery includes found footage, performance, interviews with young girls, documentary, animation, images from advertising and television. Brew's first job was making educational film strips. With this film, she liberated herself.
IFFR 2020
- 20'
- USA
- 1990
- Director
- Kathy Brew
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1990
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 20'
- Medium
- Digital
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Kathy Brew
- Sales
- Kathy Brew
- Screenplay
- Kathy Brew
- Editor
- Kathy Brew
- Cast
- Kathy Brew
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Bread hones in on the symbolic role of food, specifically in the way that it highlights gendered imbalances of power in the entertainment industry.
16'
USA
IFFR 2020
Play Boy
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13'
USA
IFFR 2020
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 undertones.
11'
Belgium
IFFR 2020
- Director
- Kathy Brew
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1990
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 20'
- Medium
- Digital
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Kathy Brew
- Sales
- Kathy Brew
- Screenplay
- Kathy Brew
- Editor
- Kathy Brew
- Cast
- Kathy Brew
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IFFR 2020
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IFFR 2020
Belladonna
A number of somber talking heads frankly describe their most personal and perverse attitudes on sex, violence and other family matters.
13'
USA
IFFR 2020