Contemporary case studies

A wry comment on the state of heterosexual romance and sex in the 21st century from a female perspective, this short experimental film consists of nine case studies ‘as witnessed from life’. Through the use of split-screens Merewether juxtaposes text and images to comment on the all-too-familiar scenarios, conversations and discussions that constitute modern day (mis)understandings about what women do and don’t want. Photography by Jackie Farkas.

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Credits

producer/director

Janet Merewether

production company

Go Girl Productions

Duration

00:14:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

2001

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

316403

Language

English

Subject categories

Experimental

Experimental → Experimental films - Australia

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Interpersonal communication

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Interpersonal communication

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Women - Psychology

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Collected

1 times

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Australia, 2001