The Red Pill (2016)

The Red Pill chronicles filmmaker Cassie Jaye's journey following the mysterious and polarizing Men's Rights Movement. The Red Pill explores today's gender war and asks the question "what is the future of gender equality?"

Director:

Cassie Jaye

Stars:

Cassie Jaye, Paul Elam, Attila Vinczer

5 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cassie Jaye	...	Self
Paul Elam	...	Self
Attila Vinczer	...	Self
Dean Esmay	...	Self
Joe Manthey	...	Self
Brian De Matos	...	Self
Harry Crouch	...	Self
Fred Hayward	...	Self
Tom Golden	...	Self (as Tom Golden - LCSW)
Ben Evans	...	Self
Vladek Filler	...	Self
Warren Farrell	...	Self (as Dr. Warren Farrell)
Marc Angelucci	...	Self (as Marc Angelucci Esq.)
Katherine Spillar	...	Self
Michael Messner	...	Self

Storyline

The Red Pill chronicles filmmaker Cassie Jaye's journey following the mysterious and polarizing Men's Rights Movement. The Red Pill explores today's gender war and asks the question "what is the future of gender equality?"

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Plot Keywords:

men's rights | title directed by female | reference to the matrix | three word title | misandry | 

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Taglines:

Down the rabbit hole of gender politics

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

All of The Red Pill's Associate Producer credits were gifted to those people because of their donation to the film's Kickstarter Campaign, which was launched in October 2015 in order to raise post-production funding to complete the film. The Associate Producers did not have any involvement in the film's creation other than donating to the Kickstarter. Additionally, none of the Associate Producers saw the film until after the film's public theatrical release.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Cassie Jaye: Have you ever been through something and you don't know what just happened, but you know it was important to go through? This is that journey for me.

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Connections

Referenced in Bearing: The Return of Big Red: World's Scariest Feminist! (2017)

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Soundtracks

Think About It
Written by David Britz & Travis Ference (as Travis Lee Ference)
Performed by Red Alpha

User Reviews

A pioneering, courageous, and historic film

Feminist documentary filmmaker Cassie Jaye sets out to explore the much-maligned men's rights movement, assuming as many do that it must be a hate movement composed of men who resent the gains that women have made and wish to turn back that progress. In delving into what motivates men's rights activists, she discovers that the movement is very different from what she had originally thought it was and goes on to challenge her own prior views about gender, power, and privilege. She discusses at length the numerous legitimate grievances that many men have on issues ranging from military conscription to false rape allegations, from unfair treatment in divorce to higher rates of violent victimization--and the apathy and in many cases outright hostility shown in response by feminist activists and society at large.

This film is historic in that it marks the first time that the issues facing men and boys and the activists working to address them have ever been portrayed on the big screen. It is a breath of fresh air standing in stark contrast to most mainstream media coverage of the men's rights movement, which tends to quote the most extreme things said by the most extreme people in the movement out of context and make them out to be representative of what the entire movement stands for. It no doubt took a great deal of both courage and empathy to make the film. Every man--and every woman who sees the men in her life as something other than patriarchal oppressors--needs to see this film.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Page Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 March 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Red Pill

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jaye Bird Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1