In this episode Nina Menkes talks about her documentary BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER which explores how the visual language of cinema, discrimination and sexual abuse in the industry are linked. Historic examples as well as recent works reveal themselves as part of an oppressing, patriarchal system. Wilbirg Brainin-Donnenberg - board member of FC Gloria, director of drehbuchFORUM Wien (Screenwriters Forum Vienna) film curator, publicist and filmmaker - lead the conversation with Nina Menkes via Zoom.
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This talk was recorded as part of the two day Forum on Feminist Perspectives, held at Vienna’s Stadtkino in November 2022.