Movies: Matriarchy

In a country where women are in charge, a man goes to unusual lengths to make his dream of marrying the daughter of a military leader come true....

Earl Pilcher Jr. runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining he's not her natural son, but the son of a Black woman who died i...

The Warrior's Husband is a satire of the male and female roles in society set in 800 B.C.. Queen Hippolyta (Marjorie Rambeau) rules Pontus with masculine authority; in fact, it is the women of Pontus who do all the laboring, fighting, and governing. ...

In a world where women rule and men are meant only for breeding purposes, two women start a revolt against the system when they begin to believe that the men are treated poorly....

The second essay about still dominant dark aspects of our modern society. It is conceived as a surreal anti-patriarchal thought experiment and raises important questions about gender, power, and social change, prompting us to reflect on how historica...

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The Fall of Womenland is a fascinating documentary on the unique sexual culture of the Mosuo people — a small minority situated in the southwest of China — and one of the last remaining matriarchal societies in the world. Without a formal marriage c...

A fiction science monologue about artificial fertilization and its consequences, delivered by four characters interacting with the text....