Patriarchy Movies

The film follows three boys as they play and interact, revealing a familiar dynamic: teasing, bullying, and testing each other’s limits. We see...

Sima, a talented woman who was punished by her father for drawing an erotic painting in the art class as a teenager, gives up painting forever. Now...

An absurd, surreal look at the lives of two people and the way their lives turn out after meeting each other.

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

A young camera operator falls head-over-heels in love with a married TV reporter, who is twice her age. The clash between intense love and the...

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

A documentary that brings together interviews with 20 activists who address the issue of intersectional feminism and patriarchy in Portugal.

What happens to families in the absence of sons? What happens to land in the absence of farmers? What happens to villages in the absence of men? Sent...

The country house, the only inheritance from the grandfather, was bequeathed to the eldest grandson. Upon hearing this news, the mother cannot simply...

Xóchitl is an indigenous woman who must fight for her freedom before the birth of her baby, since she finds herself trapped in an abusive...

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...

A young woman struggles with living a life wherein her identity is still tied to the abuse she experienced as a child. One night, she falls victim to...

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

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

A young islamic woman who wants to expose the truth about the government's injustice in a patriarchal society.

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...

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...

Arriving Late

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

When Tehran hosts visiting foreign dignitaries, the local authorities clean up the city’s urban image through the controversial process of...