Film Analysis: Oppressed Majority

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Hilario Morales
ENGL 101
Essay 2 Comparing Culturally Oppressed Women Imagine a world where some people’s voices and actions are suppressed routinely. This unequal world is actually a reality to women in different cultures, both in first world and third world countries. We can see this in two artistic pieces. In the short film, Oppressed Majority, director, Eléonore Pourriat suggests women from first world countries are subjected to common stereotypes and sexism. In the photojournalistic research article, “Landays: Poetry of Afghan Women,” Eliza Griswold demonstrates the life that Pashtun women, specifically from Afghanistan, lead. Griswold also analyzes landays, which are folk poems sung or written by Pashtun women. Both Pourriat and Griswold use culture-specific imagery and satire to ridicule the oppressive lifestyles women face in society. …show more content…
In Oppressed Majority, there is a scene where the main character, Pierre, takes his child to a daycare. At the daycare, the sitter, Nissar, wears an enveloping garment that only shows his face. Pierre starts a conversation with Nissar regarding the garment. Pierre states: “It’s new, I mean the…?” “Yes,” replies Nissar. “Is it your wife that wants you…?” asks Pierre and “Yes,” Nissar replies again. Pierre says “Listen I don’t want to be rude but… Don’t you feel more and more trapped?” Nissar defends his new clothing adjustments by stating that God is protecting him. Pourriat uses satire in this scene by her use of reversed gender roles, making it humorous that a man would wear a garment like Nissar did. By doing this, Pourriat is ridiculing the way women are required to cover themselves because of their husband’s beliefs, and society’s idea of

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