Summaries

An examination of how the nude female body is hypersexualized, under attack and exploited on and off screen in Hollywood.

Innovative and incisive, Body Parts explores the evolution of desire and "sex" on-screen from a woman's perspective. Demystifying the often invisible processes in creating intimacy for film and television, the documentary sheds light on the most closely-guarded secrets of an industry now at a crossroads. Body Parts features candid interviews with actors and creators who are advocating for real change, including Jane Fonda, Joey Soloway, Angela Robinson, Karyn Kusama, Rose McGowan, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Billings, Stacy Rukeyser, Emily Meade, David Simon, and Tanya Saracho. Deftly illustrated with movie clips stretching back to Eadweard Muybridge's motion studies, Body Parts is part film-history lesson on the dominance of the heterosexual male gaze and part clarion call for employing intimacy coordinators across the entertainment field. It neither shies away from uncomfortable conversations nor ignores image-makers trying to set a higher, more inclusive bar on set and on screen.

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Keywords
  • entertainment documentary
Genres
  • History
  • Documentary
Release date Feb 2, 2023
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Production companies Naked Edge Films Level Forward Chuparosa Films

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Runtime 1h 26m
Color Color
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