BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER receives the first Critics Choice SOFEE Seal in the documentary category

The Critics Choice Women’s Committee is proud to recognize female-forward film and TV programming with the SOFEE Seal of Female Empowerment in Entertainment which recognizes outstanding new films & television series that illuminate the female experience and perspective through authentically told female-driven stories.

Statement from Critics Choice:
"Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power" is an enlightening documentary that challenges the way we see women in film. Director/writer Nina Menkes brilliantly analyzes the movie industry alongside notable directors to uncover the toxic narratives that have been shown about gender, sex, and race.

Called the “SOFEE,” the Seal recognizes outstanding new films and television series that illuminate the female experience and perspective through authentically told female-driven stories. BRAINWASHED earned a perfect score in the numerical formula that is used to determine if new titles, nominated by Women’s Committee members, are eligible for a SOFEE. Qualifying projects will have a prominent female character arc, give female characters at least equal screen time to male characters, have female leaders behind the scenes, and pass elements highlighted in the Bechdel test.