Gender Roles Movies

This documentary profiles economist and writer Marilyn Waring. In extensive interviews, Waring details her feminist approach to finances and...

An amateur filmmaker meets the film student who is supposed to edit his material, the focus of which is allegedly bears. A debate arises about the...

The carefree lifestyle vacation of Désirée, her white lover Elias and her gay friend Sal turns into a journey of self-discovery in the...

How do we represent the ideas of gender? This short reflects about this topic, as we see an unidentified character, suited up, and with a paper bag...

Women's civil defense activities, especially in case of gas attacks.

A blistering rock opera about the rise of fascism. Through soaring vocals and epic guitar riffs, men sink under the weight of an enduring loneliness...

Growing up in 1950s England in an intolerant and uninformed world, young Chris Winters struggles to fit into the gender roles dictated by wider...

Idle hours at a summer cottage, when her husband is at work and the children busy at play, give a wife time to dream a little and reflect on her life...

When a young woman realises she is going to die soon, she calls up her two old friends to helper her make the most of the time left, while giving...

Tina Ti leads a star-studded cast in this hilarious farce as a pickpocket who, while fleeing the police, stumbles into an apartment occupied by seven...

When a young woman who knows nothing about housework falls in love, her grandmother and nanny make her seem like the ideal housewife in front of her...

The film follows the story of Jamie, a struggling butch lesbian actress who gets cast as a man in a film. The main plot is a romantic comedy between...

Sara grew up in Yemen to a Yemeni father and a Scottish mother, and at age 17, finally decided to move to Scotland. Ten years later – 2011...

Arguing that advertising not only sells things, but also ideas about the world, media scholar Sut Jhally offers a blistering analysis of commercial...

Chris has come to the store with his dad to spend his allowance. His heart is set on getting a bouncy ball, but all of the balls in the ball cage are...

In this modern, coming of age documentary, Naomi, Jojo and Arham grapple with economic divides, gender roles, and family dynamics while competing in...

In the indigenous communities around the town of Juchitán, the world is not divided simply into males and females. The local Zapotec people...

Tara is a single mother, harried, overworked, and worried about her 8-year-old boy and his growing love for make-up and dresses. She struggles to...

This feature-length drama explores the changing role of men in today's society by delving into the stories of 4 men and their relationships with...

Highlighting the unique culture of the Zapotec people of Oaxaca, Mexico, this groundbreaking documentary chronicles the lives of those who identify...