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Barbara Miller’s feature documentary #FEMALEPLEASURE portrays five courageous, smart and self-determined women, breaking the silence imposed by their archaic-patriarch societies and religious communities. With incredible strength and positive energy, Deborah Feldman, Leyla Hussein, Rokudenashiko, Doris Wagner and Vithika Yadav are fighting for sexual liberation and autonomy for women, beyond religious rules and cultural barriers. But their victory comes at a high price: they all have experienced public defamation, threats and prosecutions, have been excommunicated by the society they grew up in and even received death threats by religious leaders and fanatics.

#FEMALEPLEASURE shows the universal mechanisms at work that determine the position of women until today, spanning cultures, religions and continents: from Japan and India and the Somali muslim diaspora to the Hasidic community in Brooklyn and the Catholic clergy in Europe. All protagonists have come to the same conclusion: the female body is subjected to male lust and first and foremost meant for procreation, without any regard for female sexual pleasure and autonomy.

These women decided to speak up and are the ultimate example on how courage, strength and zest for life can indeed alter societal structures.

#Barbara Miller

Writer / Director Barbara Miller was born in Switzerland and studied philosophy, cinema sciences and psychology and has a Master in law. She worked on the Oscar-nominated documentary WAR PHOTOGRAPHER. Barbara Miller has directed over twenty acclaimed documentaries, ranging from the ANTI-GLOBALIZATION MOVEMENT to DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, YOUTH VIOLENCE and the THE CLITORIS.
Her award-winning feature-length documentary FORBIDDEN VOICES was show at over 70 International Filmfestivals worldwide.
She is a member of the Swiss Film Academy and the European Film Academy EFA and since 2017 she is the President of the Swiss Filmmakers Association ARF/FDS.

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Switzerland/Germany, Documentary, 97 min.
Original languages: German, English, French, Japanese
Production: Mons Veneris Films GmbH, Zurich
Das Kollektiv für audiovisuelle Werke GmbH, Zurich
Indi Film GmbH, Stuttgart
SRG / ARTE G.E.I.E. / SRF / RTS / RSI