The Gaze & The Gazer
For generations of women, the male gaze has influenced us through the presence of toxic masculinity, body image, and female portrayal in social media. This film emphasizes personal experience and reflection with narrative storytelling and also incorporates statistical and historical analysis of the theory.
Filmmaker: Naomi Brightman – 12th Grade; Middlebury Union High School (Middlebury, Vermont)
Published June 2023
Produced by What’s the Story? The Young Filmmakers’ Social Action Team
Supported and funded by Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English
with Additional Support from The Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation and
the SNAVE Foundation