Patriarchy Movies

Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan looks to history and psychology as he delves into the possible reasons behind the demolition of the Babri Mosque.

Salma tries hard to meet her boyfriend in Egypt amidst struggles at home with her suspicious overprotective mother, and outside in the street, and...

Layla, a young Muslim woman, lives with her husband and their seven year old daughter. As newly arrived immigrants to the US from Egypt, they reside...

Explores the evolution of patriarchy as one effective way of organizing mass societies, from evidence in ancient Egyptian villages along the Nile.

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...

Love blossoms secretly between two old women at an elderly care home while the specter of patriarchy looms large overhead.

Kim, a Duluth, MN mother of three, is at the center of this compelling exploration of gender violence. As Kim and her daughters flee to a domestic...

Sima, a talented woman who was punished by her father for drawing an erotic painting in the art class as a teenager, gives up painting forever. Now...

After a party amongst a theatre group, their sole actress, Anjali is subjected to a crime from one of the men in the group. A meeting is called for....

Shirish and Geeta, a middle class couple, have a car accident one night. Their differing reactions to the fallout from the accident open up fissures...

The country house, the only inheritance from the grandfather, was bequeathed to the eldest grandson. Upon hearing this news, the mother cannot simply...

Adil is an assistant prosecutor, the only son in a patriarchal family. Currying favor at work in front of the boss, he "excuses" the family abuser in...

An unexpected turn of events happens after a woman faces off with a competitor that wants her job.

The Other Side of Burka is a 2004 Iranian documentary directed by Mehrdad Oskouei. In the southern island of Qeshm, Iran, which is a very strict...

Follow the trail of a 'hungry' Los Angelino haunted by patriarchal normalcy, social media addictions and superstitious stereotypes. Can she escape...

Sur: Tanah Hijau Gadis Belia (2024) Sur is a girl who just graduated from school and is the only child who lives with Dar, her grandfather. He...

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

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

'Figure I' uses a feminist perspective to frame and deconstruct patriarchal techniques of control. This film asks: how was a patriarchal gaze...