Body Parts

dir. Kristy Guevara-Flanagan / 2022 / USA / 86min.
Innovative and incisive, Body Parts explores the evolution of desire and “sex” on-screen from a woman’s perspective.

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 imagemakers trying to set a higher, more inclusive bar on set and on screen.  Filmmakers Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Helen Hood Scheer investigate the past in order to push towards a more equitable future for women in front of and behind the camera.

duration:
86 min
country / year of production:
USA / 2022
director:
Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
cinematography:
Frazer Bradshaw, Jason Joseffer
producer:
Helen Hood Scheer / Chuparosa Films, Nutshell Productions
selected festivals and awards:
2022 – Tribeca FF, 2022 – Jihlava IFF
sections:
Cinéma, mon amour
tags:
psychology pop culture feminism movie about film relations activism

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