South African audiences can look forward to a bold international film selection at the 24th edition of Encounters South African International Documentary Festival.
judgemental about it. a woman s relationship with her body and what she chooses to do with it isn t something we ve seen that much of in film, but this is changing and there are several films dealing with these kind of topic that this year s berlinale. calljane, directed by phyllis nagy and starring elizabeth banks and sigourney weaver appeared out of competition and is a look at the janes, an all female collective that offered abortions in the us in the 1960s. brainwashed: sex camera power by american documentarian nina menkes was in the sidebar panorama section and examines the way cinema has exploited women s bodies. but how significant are these films and thompson s? you are still dealing with a situation where everyone goes, oh my god, it s film about women, everything s changed! ah hah hah! there are millions of films about men, so let s just keep calm and say this is good, it s going in the right
understood this role and the importance of it and she, like all of us, are soaked in all the shame of how we feel about our bodies and she knows that it s really important to show something different to the world, to see a character even have the slightest transformation around that, that a character could look at herself at the end of the movie in a mirror, naked, without holding herself up or holding herself in or being judgemental about it. a woman s relationship with her body and what she chooses to do with it isn t something we ve seen that much of in film, but this is changing and there are several films dealing with these kind of topic that this year s berlinale. calljane, directed by phyllis nagy and starring elizabeth banks and sigourney weaver appeared out of competition and is a look at the janes, an all female collective that offered abortions in the us in the 1960s. brainwashed: sex camera power by american documentarian nina menkes was in the sidebar panorama section and