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Diane Israel examines American culture's toxic emphasis on thinness, beauty, and physical perfection. Israel, a Boulder-based psychotherapist and former champion triathlete, talks candidly about he...
Diane Israel examines American culture's toxic emphasis on thinness, beauty, and physical perfection. Israel, a Boulder-based psychotherapist and former champion triathlete, talks candidly about her own struggle with eating disorders and obsessive exercising, fearlessly confronting her own painful past as she tries to come to terms with American culture's unhealthy fixation on self-destructive ideals of beauty and competitiveness. The film lends context to Israel's personal odyssey with fascinating insights from athletes, body builders, fashion models, and inner-city teens, as well as prominent cultural critics and authors.
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- Creator
- SheArt Productions presents ; produced by Carla Precht, Diane Israel ; directed by Carla Precht & Kathleen Man ; a She-Art production ; in association with Salmon Pictures & The Media Education Foundation ; writers, Carla Precht, Diane Israel ; educational version produced by Carla Precht, with the Media Education Foundation
- Other Title
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- Subtitle on case : Body image & the race for perfection
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Educational version
- Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, [2009]
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (51 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 1932869298, 9781932869293
- OCLC
- ocn314387049
- Credits
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- Executive producer, Diane Israel ; editors, Kathleen Man, Daniel Brothers ; cinematography, Edgar Boyles ... [et al.] ; music, Jamie Smith
- Originally produced in 2008 as a 75 min. feature film.
- Extras: bonus feature, Diane in recovery: two year later (2009; 10:56 min.); deleted scenes (5:37 min.); MEF previews.
- DVD, NTSC.
- In English with optional English subtitles.
- Introduction (2:19) -- Racing her heart out (5:45) -- A distorted mindset (7:59) -- Mayhem (9:20) -- Searching for beauty (1129) -- Re-imagining beauty (5:39) -- Going home (8:45) -- Diane in recovery: two years later (10:56)