The debates about feminism, equal rights and sexism are omnipresent in our society. These discussions also have the The world of film and series has changed forever. We introduce you to films and series that you should know about.
Sexism can affect men too, but they are Women who are paid less than their male colleagues, expected to be more common in comparison with age Old-age poverty will suffer and deal with more often sexual harassment or sexual violence see confronted. The # MeToo movement has of course not fundamentally changed that, but it has made it much more visible.
Feminist films and seriesFortunately, they have not just been around for a while, which also deal with equality and sexism. The art is more and more concerned with in films and series strong female characters and exciting stories from a female perspective. They are being shot more and more frequently and are also becoming more and more successful financially.
1. “Portrait of a young woman in flames” (2019)
This film that acclaimed in Cannes last year was told by the Story of two womengetting to know each other on a French island. The painter Marianne is supposed to draw a portrait of Héloïse, who is to be married to a rich man. Since she doesn’t want that, Marianne has to work on the painting in secret. During the day she spends her days with Héloïse and has to try to keep as much of her face in her head as possible, because of course she shouldn’t notice.
Eventually the two women fall in love. A love that, of course, cannot last. “Portrait of a young woman on fire“Represents the focus on female look of the film. Men don’t really exist in this world. A movie that feels like a classic despite being so new.
2. “Persona” (1966)
It is exactly the other way around with Ingmar Bergmans “persona” from 1966. The classic could actually be from today. Anyone who likes “Portrait of a Young Woman in Flames” should take a look at “Persona” immediately afterwards.
The story is about the Actress Elisabethwho suddenly stops talking. The Nurse Alma takes care of her and drives her to a lonely island to look after her there. In her long monologues she reveals a lot about herself, she talks about a sexual affair on the beach, an abortion is discussed and Elisabeth listens. At some point, the two women blend into each other more and more, so that we hardly know who is who here.
“Persona” is a beautiful art film that works almost completely without menwhich shows the complexity of the psyche and radical feminist issues as early as the 1960s addressed.
3. “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1997)
Many who saw this series in ProSieben’s evening program in the 90s may not even know how much feminist potential hides in it. Blonde cheerleaders usually bless the time in horror films pretty quickly, Buffy, on the other hand, becomes a vampire hunter straight away.
Even Buffy creator Joss Whedon has repeatedly emphasized that here a woman becomes a heroinethat we usually know as victims. Instead, mostly men have to be saved by her. Many supporting characters are female too, and the lesbian love affair between Willow and Tara led to one one of the first lesbian kisses on US television.
“Buffy” has shown that you can turn typical narrative patterns around and question them.
4. “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015)
We saw something very similar in the cinema a few years ago. There was a dirty blockbuster to be seen here that was almost exclusively about one Car racing in the desert went, and who was still feminist.
“Mad Max: Fury Road“Describes one dystopian futurewhere water is the most important resource. The Mercenary Furiosa (Charlize Theron) helps a group of female slaves who are supposed to give birth to new children to a sinister ruler to escape and joins the eponymous Mad Max. This uprising of women against patriarchy is so impressive and brutally staged that it is no wonder that the next part should completely revolve around the figure of the Furiosa.
5. “Broad City” (2014)
We all know comedy series about a few dudes in the big city who kind of stumble through their lives. And we know “Sex and the City“, A series that turned the tables, but still had very stereotypical female characters in parts.
“Broad City“Is the series for everyone who is a generation younger or mentally a little further. The two Creators Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobsen play yourself. They don’t belong to the upper class, but are constantly broke, have to get by with strange jobs, have strange sexual partners and smoke quite a lot.
“Broad City” shows two clever women in the big city who lead a completely normal life, and whose struggle many millennials can identify with. Oh yes: the series is incredibly funny.
6. “Thelma & Louise” (1991)
Ridley Scott’s 1991 classic is As relevant today as it was thenalthough you have to blink twice when you see young Brad Pitt in his cowboy hat.
The film is about the housewife Thelma, who is annoyed by her husband and therefore goes on a road trip with the waitress Louise. In front of a bar, Thelma is molested and Louise kills the attacker. Fearing the police, the two women flee to Mexico. What follows is a dazzling chase through the United States that ends with an iconic, bittersweet scene.
“Thelma & Louise“Is” Bonnie & Clide “turned inside out, a roaring weird feminist adventure film.
7. “Hidden Figures” (2016)
History is often written by men. And then it is also about men. But that at the first US space mission not only white men, but also some Black women involved were unknown to many. “Hidden Figures“Tells exactly this story.
It’s about the three Mathematicians Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jacksonthat on Apollo and Mercury program have worked with and were responsible for ensuring that the astronaut John Glenn was the first American to circumnavigate the earth.
Hidden Figures is conventional Hollywood cinema, but with great actors busy and an exciting one intersectional perspective.
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