Movies and TvShows featuring "feminist-film-theory" theme.

From Straight A's to XXX is a biographical drama that tells the story of a young woman who goes from being a straight-A student to entering the adult entertainment industry. The film explores themes of feminism, empowerment, and the consequences of one's choices.

Hot Girls Wanted is a documentary that delves into the experiences of young women who enter the adult film industry, exploring their motivations, experiences, and the challenges they face. The film also examines the impact of the internet on the industry and the blurred line between personal and professional lives.

Inside Deep Throat is a documentary that explores the cultural and social impact of the infamous 1972 adult film 'Deep Throat'. It delves into the censorship battles, the government's attempt to suppress the film, and the societal implications of a mainstream adult film during the sexual revolution of the 1970s. The documentary also examines the rise of the porn industry and its effects on American culture.

BRAINWASHED is a documentary that delves into the politics of cinematic shot design and its intersection with sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women. Through interviews with experts and the analysis of film clips from 1896 to the present, filmmaker Nina Menkes exposes the perpetuation of sexist stereotypes in visual language. The film provides viewers with tools to be conscious of the implications of legacy filmmaking in their own lives.

Are All Men Pedophiles? delves into the complex subject of pedophilia and challenges society's views on gender and sexuality.

Before Linda Lovelace's untimely death in 2002, the sex superstar sat for a no-holds barred interview with pop-culture historian Legs McNeil for his book, The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry. Fortunately McNeil hired a film crew to record the historic event as Linda recounted the making of ""Deep Throat,"" the most successful X-rated film in history, how she introduced oral sex to America, her turbulent relationship with manager/husband Chuck Traynor, her role (and exploitation by) the anti-porn movement that she helped launch with her bestselling book, Ordeal, in 1980, and her subsequent return to pornography in 2001. With additional comments by Marilyn Chambers, FBI Agent Bill Kelly, Chuck Traynor.

Takes a look at the rise and fall of Linda Lovelace, the first major porn star.

Rainer’s landmark film is a meditation on ambivalence that plays with cliché and the conventions of soap opera while telling the story of a woman whose sexual dissatisfaction masks an enormous anger.

From feminist director and provocateur Monika Treut comes this eclectic collection of four short documentaries profiling unconventional women. One has Camille Paglia explaining her ways of thinking. One has Annie Sprinkle explaining her approach to performance art, which includes inviting audience members to view her cervix with a speculum. One interview investigates a professional woman's preoccupation with sadomasochism. The fourth documents the life adjustments of an F2M (female-to-male) sex change who looks like a dangerous biker, with slick black hair, a matching motorcycle jacket, and tattoos.

CNBC takes a behind the scenes look at the Porn Industry and examines challenges facing the industry including censorship and the competition from free online porn. It also looks at the executive and production roles that are now being filled with women and interviews pornographic actress Jesse Jane.

Documentary that highlights 18 women and covers a period of time from the 50's to the 90's. The women chosen were selected because they represent the real diversity within both feminism and independent film and video. They range in age from 65 to 25. They are black, white, Puerto Rican, Yugoslavian, Asian American, biracial. They are straight, gay and bisexual. What they share is a need to express their own interpretations of what American culture is and could be and a belief that this work is made particularly powerful through the media.

Black./Womyn.: Conversations with Lesbians of African Descent is a thought-provoking documentary that focuses on conversations with African American lesbians, exploring topics such as feminism, religion, and lesbian activism. The film provides insight into their experiences with homophobia, coming out, sexual discrimination, same-sex marriage, and minority rights. It also delves into discussions surrounding gender roles and the fight for sexual equality. With a strong emphasis on the black LGBT community, this documentary sheds light on important issues and perspectives.

Rate It X is a bitingly funny and disarming journey through the landscape of American sexism. Men only are interviewed by the two filmmakers in a witty montage of free-wheeling encounters. Pornographers, corporate executives, a funeral parlor director and Santa Claus are among those who reveal more than they intended. A surprisingly candid view of men's feelings towards women 15 years after the birth of the women's movement.

A Documentary about violence, horror, censorship and legislation on the web. In 2009, Remy Couture, a special effects makeup artists from Quebec was arrested by the police right in front of his home and would be later charged with obscenity and corruption of morality. Montreal's police was responding to a complaint regarding pictures coming from his website Inner depravity.com which had been freely circulating on the Web. ART/CRIME discusses violence, fiction and censorship in movies but also in the loosely regulated environment that the Web still represents. The documentary allows many, like movie director Nacho Cerda, Robert Morin and Patrick Senechal to present their thoughts on the matter.