BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER
107' FEATURE DOCUMENTARY | USA | 2022 | Directed by Nina Menkes
BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER is a documentary based on director Nina Menkes's cinematic presentation, ‘Sex and Power, the Visual Language of Cinema’ and uses film clips by A-list directors from 1896 through to the present, to show how sexist shot design contributes to a pervasive environment of sexual harassment and assault, as well as employment discrimination against women, especially in the film industry.
Inka Rusi, Co-Founder of Onerva Pictures is Creative Producer of the documentary together with Editor Cecily Rhett and Co-Founder Tanja Rusi is London Line Producer and designer of both the film’s website and the film’s US poster.
BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER is presented by Tim Disney, Susan Disney Lord, Abigail Disney & Menkesfilm, with additional support from the EOS World Fund and CalArts Center for New Performance.
“FIERCE AND FOCUSED… BRAINWASHED IS A BRACING BLAST OF CRITICAL RIGOUR.”
- Peter Bradshaw, THE GUARDIAN
“BRAINWASHED WILL FOREVER CHANGE HOW YOU LOOK AT FILMS.”
—Kate Erbland, INDIEWIRE
“ONE OF THE TOP FIVE FILMS TO SEE THIS FALL!”
— Bob Mondello, NPR
“BRAINWASHED IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FILMS ANYONE CAN WATCH RIGHT NOW”
— Joey Soloway, producer/director
2022 “BEST OF FESTS” AT IDFA
Official trailer
IN DEVELOPMENT
CALL ME DADDY
CALL ME DADDY is an exploration in to the secretive and growing world of Sugar Dating in Finland and how it affects the lives of the people engaged in the business.
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FORMAT: 90’ documentary feature | STATUS: in development
Directed by Inka Rusi | Produced by Katja Jokinen
Executive Producers | Tanja Rusi, Nina Menkes
GENRE: hybrid documentary
CALL ME DADDY has been awarded funding by The Kone Foundation and The Finnish Film Foundation
For further information , please contact producer Katja Jokinen on katja@onerva.pictures