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Beauty mark [videorecording] : body image & the race for perfection / 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 ; written by Carla Precht, Diane Israel ; educational version produced by Carla Precht, with the Media Education Foundation ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Publication details: Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, c2009.Edition: Educational version; standard formatDescription: 1 videodisc (53 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1932869298 (DVD)
Other title:
  • Body image and the race for perfection [videorecording]
  • Body image & the race for perfection [videorecording]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.2 BEA 2009
Production credits:
  • Cinematography, Edgar Boyles ... [et al.] ; edited by Kathleen Man, Daniel Brothers ; original music, Jamie Smith.
With Diana Israel.Summary: "[Diane] Israel, a Boulder-based psychotherapist and former champion triathlete, talks candidly about her long and agonizing personal struggle with eating disorders and obsessive exercising, fearlessly confronting her own painful past as she attempt 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, bodybuilders, fashion models, and inner-city teens, as well as prominent cultural critics and authors"--Container.
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Media Resources Taylor's Library-TU 155.2 BEA 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available SLASx,05000,03,CL 1000528966

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008, with a duration of 75 min. Re-edited for educational purposes in 2009.

Special features: "Diane in recovery : two year later" featurette (2009, 11 min.); 5 deleted scenes (6 min. total).

"Warning: this film contains explicit language" -- Opening screens.

Cinematography, Edgar Boyles ... [et al.] ; edited by Kathleen Man, Daniel Brothers ; original music, Jamie Smith.

With Diana Israel.

"[Diane] Israel, a Boulder-based psychotherapist and former champion triathlete, talks candidly about her long and agonizing personal struggle with eating disorders and obsessive exercising, fearlessly confronting her own painful past as she attempt 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, bodybuilders, fashion models, and inner-city teens, as well as prominent cultural critics and authors"--Container.

DVD.