Patriarchy Movies

It is the 1980s. Jens and his brothers live in a single-family house in Risskov, a suburb of Aarhus, Denmark. Here, the family's patriarch...

The film documents modern slave trade through a number of African countries, under dictatorship rule. The filming was conducted both in public...

Gaby is expelled from school after a married teacher commits suicide after telling her he can't live without her. Though she has done nothing, she is...

The imprint of the past is made present by the return of three migrants to a community in the upper Mixteca region of Oaxaca, where the three stories...

After a long journey in search of the murderer of his father, a man abuses a beautiful girl next to marry.

A gripping and intense thriller about honour, loyalty, and the courage to fight for what you believe.

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

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

Two sisters in a bathroom debate their different approaches to the patriarchy.

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...

In Poland, behind the gates of an exclusive housing estate, the life of its wealthy residents is regulated by an old code of honor, due to which the...

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...

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

The tiricia is an illness of the soul when the heart is saddened. A story of three generations afflicted with being tiricientas: Ita, Justa and...

Shirish and Geeta run a rickshaw driver over and have dramatically opposing reactions to the tragedy. Shirish moves on, hiding behind the invisible...

The story of those Italian women who, for eighty years, have fought against power in all its forms.

Lucentio loves Bianca but cannot court her until her shrewish older sister Katherina marries. The eccentric Petruccio marries the reluctant Katherina...

The second essay about still dominant dark aspects of our modern society. It is conceived as a surreal anti-patriarchal thought experiment and raises...

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

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