Patriarchy Movies

Ina Borrmann met several protagonists of a 1977 collection of interviews by Maxie Wander titled “Guten Morgen, du Schöne”, and...

Based on the novel of same name by K. Shivaram Karanth. Sarasamma, a woman who lost her life in the practice of Sati, is worshiped by women in...

The Other Side of Burka is a 2004 Iranian documentary directed by Mehrdad Oskouei. In the southern island of Qeshm, Iran, which is a very strict...

A convicted felon builds a feminist movement from behind bars at an all-male prison in Soledad, California.

Explores the evolution of patriarchy as one effective way of organizing mass societies, from evidence in ancient Egyptian villages along the Nile.

A grandmother dies and leaves behind hours of secret film and audio recordings as well as an envelope with the words “Must read after my...

Sur: Tanah Hijau Gadis Belia (2024) Sur is a girl who just graduated from school and is the only child who lives with Dar, her grandfather. He...

Kim, a Duluth, MN mother of three, is at the center of this compelling exploration of gender violence. As Kim and her daughters flee to a domestic...

Follow the trail of a 'hungry' Los Angelino haunted by patriarchal normalcy, social media addictions and superstitious stereotypes. Can she escape...

Caste Aside is a documentary about the British government's controversial decision on whether or not to introduce legislation against caste...

In 1930’s British India, sixteen-year-old Indira finds herself torn between true love, her duty to follow through with an arranged marriage,...

Salma tries hard to meet her boyfriend in Egypt amidst struggles at home with her suspicious overprotective mother, and outside in the street, and...

A discontented housewife self-medicates as her husband assumes control of their daughter's engagement preparations.

A daring exploration of the intersection of religion, patriarchy, and gender oppression in India, unearthing how rituals, customs, and cultural...

A summer of tender longing, where a fleeting dream felt achingly real.

When a pathologically well-behaved woman is told she will die in 24 hours from a condition caused by emotional repression, she finally begins to...

In 10th century Norway, a young shaman is forced to hunt down her outlaw sister.

"Virgina" tells a tale from the 19th century Serbian village near the Adriatic Sea. Because of the extreme patriarchal culture there is a...

A time-based piece was recorded by performance artist/activist Tasha Diamant. Once again, police use state apparatus to quell legal free expression....