Patriarchy Movies

Layla, a young Muslim woman, lives with her husband and their seven year old daughter. As newly arrived immigrants to the US from Egypt, they reside...

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

Radical feminist Andrea Dworkin's expose on the pornography industry.

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

A Japan-set battle-royale comedy over a vial of sperm is centered around three women on the verge of a nervous breakdown from hearing their...

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

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...

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

A traditional wedding procession walks along a narrow street towards the home of the bride. Guests and family members are waiting inside the home on...

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...

Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan looks to history and psychology as he delves into the possible reasons behind the demolition of the Babri Mosque.

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...

Adil is an assistant prosecutor, the only son in a patriarchal family. Currying favor at work in front of the boss, he "excuses" the family abuser in...

MOTHER and DAUGHTER are left alone in the house to navigate the grief of SON’s unnatural disappearance. As they slowly start descending into...

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.

The cinema depicts the daily sexual harassment of a woman by speech, physical and gaze and the resulting emotional strain on her personal and...

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

Touching, growing, caring, dancing. Seedlings climbing around fingertips, birds morphing into humans. But the tender touches slowly fade as the...

'Figure I' uses a feminist perspective to frame and deconstruct patriarchal techniques of control. This film asks: how was a patriarchal gaze...