/lXDLeubswcEYX6ROAF8ADQFYAf7.jpg

Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image (2017)

Gênero : Documentário

Runtime : 1H 23M

Director : Jenny McQuaile

Sinopse

A documentary about body image and the industry leaders challenging society's unrealistic and dangerous standards of beauty.

Atores

Danielle Brooks
Danielle Brooks
Herself
Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn
Himself
Tess Holliday
Tess Holliday
Herself
Iskra Lawrence
Iskra Lawrence
Herself
Denise Bidot
Denise Bidot
Emme
Emme
Emme
Emme
Christian Siriano
Christian Siriano

Tripulações

Jenny McQuaile
Jenny McQuaile
Director
Melissa Neidich
Melissa Neidich
Writer
Jenny McQuaile
Jenny McQuaile
Writer

semelhantes

Marcas do Destino
Drama baseado na história verdadeira de Rocky Dennis, um adolescente que nasceu com uma estranha deformidade no rosto e todos acham que usa uma máscara. Cher, em seu papel principal no cinema, é Rusty, a mãe do rapaz. Com a ajuda do amor descompromissado e a inabalável determinção de Rusty, Rocky enfrenta a dor, a solidão e os preconceitos para emergir como um extraordinário jovem que se torna uma inspiração para seus colegas e professores.
O Amor é Cego
Hal (Jack Black) é um homem que segue à risca o conselho de seu pai e apenas se interessa por mulheres que tenham um físico perfeito. Mas tudo muda quando ele por acaso se encontra com Anthony Robbins, um guru de auto-ajuda que o hipnotiza e faz com que ele apenas possa visualizar a beleza interior das mulheres, em detrimento de seu físico. Sem saber que está sob o efeito de hipnose, Hal então se apaixona por Rosemary (Gwyneth Paltrow), uma mulher obesa que é vista por ele como se fosse uma verdadeira deusa. Até que, após ser retirado da hipnose por seu amigo Mauricio (Jason Alexander), ele passa a ver como Rosemary é de verdade fisicamente e precisa tomar uma decisão sobre seu relacionamento com ela.
Perfect Image?
Two actresses take us through a series of 'raps' and sketches about what it means to be beautiful and black.
Miss India America
Lily is a winner, but when her boyfriend leaves her for a vapid beauty pageant queen, she gets the notion that winning the Miss India America title would bring him back. Since Lily is perfect in everything else she does, it should be a cinch...or so she thinks. The pageant world isn't just pretty smiles and high heels, and her main competition, Sonia, gives her a run for her money.
Invitation
A rich man buys a husband for his dying daughter and she finds out.
Gap-Toothed Women
A documentary short by Les Blank about the beauty of gap teeth in women.
Supervenus
An update of our classic human anatomy.
Embrace
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.
Reforma
Curta Metragem de Fábio Leal
The Penis Extension Clinic
Penis extension surgery is a booming business in the UK and we have exclusive access to a clinic that promises to make your manhood wider and longer for £7,000. Truck driver Leon is about to go under the knife for a second time to get an even bigger penis, something his girlfriend says is unnecessary. We also meet Michael who thinks he would have had more successful relationships if he’d been more confident about his body, that’s why he’s about to put himself through penis extension surgery at the ripe old age of 64.
Body Image
A woman is tormented by her compulsion to stay thin.
Macie on a Good Day
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).
Swole
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.
No Lye: An American Beauty Story
A documentary that chronicles the rise and decline of the black-owned ethnic beauty industry in America.
Second Screen
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?
Lalin
She tells Lalin's journey from Thailand to Japan. With the opportunity to study abroad, she flees to Sapporo, where no one knows her and can live under a new identity. Posing as a modern beauty, she becomes an idol on the internet and on social media platforms. The reality is that Lalin hides his face every day with a mask, hiding from the world and striving for self-acceptance.
I Who Have No One
After years of wanting to look like those who grace the covers of magazines, Frances ends up making headlines in a different way.
To Be Beautiful
The documentary explores issues of beauty and acceptance in a culture increasingly saturated with idealised and unattainable ideals of femininity. It is a story about the world of young girls in today's Latvia, based on conversations about girls' attitudes towards the world and their place in it.
Beauty
A look into how beauty standards affect self-image.
Cultura de la Delgadez
Personal stories taken from a survey on how women's lives are affected by a culture obsessed with body image and thinness.