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Name: This Is a Blowjob
Director: Patrick Mario Bernard, Pierre Trividic
Released: 2001
Duration: 56 min

Representation Score

6.2/10

Good

2001

Director

Patrick Mario Bernard, Pierre Trividic

Runtime

56 minutes

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This documentary is a philosophical investigation into how we see things visually. It uses the story of a banned book to explore how institutions control identity, race, and sexuality. The film effectively highlights racial and sexual identity in its visual exploration. By focusing on the censorship of Black male bodies, it brings attention to the tension between public restrictions and personal desires. However, the film’s perspective is still heavily focused on a male protagonist. While it breaks down the traditional gaze, it doesn't offer a wide range of gender perspectives.

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Category Breakdown

Does This Is a Blowjob have LGBTQ+ representation?

Good

The film looks at how images can challenge the idea that everyone is straight or cisgender. It also examines how society controls sexual identity and expression.

How does This Is a Blowjob portray gender?

Fair

The movie deals with how people consume images of bodies and how we look at gendered bodies in society. It questions the traditional ways we rank and view gendered bodies.

How racially and ethnically diverse is This Is a Blowjob?

Good

Black male models play a key role in exploring racial identity in the film. The story looks at the conflict between making Black bodies visible and the censorship they face.

How does This Is a Blowjob represent religion and culture?

Good

The film provides a modern critique of traditional storytelling and authority. It focuses on philosophical questions about human desires rather than religious or traditional morals.

Does This Is a Blowjob include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence of physical or neurodivergent disability representation in the film.

Present on Screen

Uses the censorship of Black male models to spark a deep discussion on racial visibility.
Critiques how societal institutions regulate sexual identity and expression.
Offers a modern critique of traditional storytelling through a genre-blurring approach.

Limited or Absent

The narrative perspective is heavily centered on a male protagonist's interactions with imagery.
Gender representation remains limited in its exploration of diverse gendered experiences.

Official Synopsis

In a bookstore, Patrick B. discovers a collection of photographs showing naked black male models. But in the demo copy, photographs that show sexes were methodically cut, so that small square windows now open throughout the volume. Fascinated, Patrick wants to buy the book but the Seller refuses to sell him. He then steals the book but gets caught ... Produced as part of a series entitled "Diaries" for Canal, the authors of "Dancing" deliver chronic reflection on the powers of the image on the representation bodies and sexuality, making a film on the intimate and the public, to the confusion of genres ...

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