Body Image (2017)
Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.
Género : Terror
Tiempo de ejecución : 3M
Director : Kim Garland
Escritor : Kim Garland
Sinopsis
A woman is tormented by her compulsion to stay thin.
Lucy has always used food to escape life's problems, but when this self-titled "fat friend" lures her group of old college buddies to the Montana wilderness, she reveals a new self - skinny, beautiful and still flawed.
Historia alrededor de Jazmin Biltmore (Mo'Nique), una ingeniosa aspirante a diseñadora de moda, y sus "rellenitas" amigas, obsesionadas con su peso y con encontrar el amor y aceptarse a sí mismas en un mundo lleno de "tías buenas" delgadas.
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After years of wanting to look like those who grace the covers of magazines, Frances ends up making headlines in a different way.
Embrace follows body image activist Taryn Brumfitt's crusade as she explores the global issue of body loathing, inspiring us to change the way we feel about ourselves and think about our bodies.
A documentary short by Les Blank about the beauty of gap teeth in women.
Un matrimonio y sus tres hijos viven felices en las proximidades de una autopista abandonada desde hace diez años. Cuando las obras de la autopista terminan y empiezan a circular por ella los primeros coches, deciden no quedarse quietos. Pero poco a poco este insoportable tráfico trastornará el equilibrio de lo que hasta ahora había sido una familia unida. Su empeño por quedarse en su pequeño paraíso les llevará a perder progresivamente la razón. Seleccionada por Suiza como candidada al Oscar 2010 en la categoría de película de habla no inglesa. (FILMAFFINITY)
An average gay guy discovers a magic website that can change him into the fantasy man he desires, but there is a price to pay.
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Six extra-ordinary people from around the world reveal their bodies and share their secrets in a unique experiment in search of their inner selves.
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Documentary in which singer Alesha Dixon, concerned about the increasing pressure on women to conform to an ideal body type, investigates the practice of airbrushing and retouching that has become a staple of magazine photos. Keen to discover whether these images simply celebrate the female form or whether they make harmful, unrealistic demands on women and society, her journey sees her sitting in on 18-year-old Ellie's boob job, hearing fashion mag insider Liz Jones and celeb mate Cheryl Cole complain about the beauty industry and appearing on a front cover with her own body beautiful untouched.
A documentary about body image and the industry leaders challenging society's unrealistic and dangerous standards of beauty.
Second Screen follows David, a fitness influencer who begins to develop an addiction to social media. As this takes a drastic turn in order to keep his online persona intact, will he able to deal with the reality he faces in front of him?
Two actresses take us through a series of 'raps' and sketches about what it means to be beautiful and black.
Francisco is unhappy about his body.
Historias personales extraídas de una encuesta sobre cómo la vida de las mujeres se ve afectada por una cultura obsesionada con la imagen corporal y la delgadez.
A girl who believes she is too fat is invited to the "Kingdom of Slimbuttlandia".
Macie (Jen Santos) is a twenty-three year old woman with IDD (Individual with Developmental Disability) stuck in the middle of a feud between her sisters Abby (Maria Sole), a recovering alcoholic trying to become a more active member in Macie's life and her primary caregiver Megan (Elizabeth Archibeque).
In Swole I continue to document my commitment to an intensive and transformative gym and diet regimen, as well as the communities that form around such activities, sustaining themselves through texting and sharing videos and photos on social media. I learn the vocabulary of my new community.