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America the beautiful / Xenon Pictures and Sensory Overload Releasing ; a film by Darryl Roberts ; produced bu Kurt Engfehr and Stela Georgieva ; written, produced and directed by Darryl Roberts.
LIBRA DVD 015 517
Available from offsite location
LIBRA DVD 017 841
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)--United States.
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics).
- Body image in women--United States.
- Body image in women.
- Identity (Psychology) and mass media--United States.
- Identity (Psychology) and mass media.
- Beauty, Personal--United States--Psychological aspects.
- Beauty, Personal.
- Human body--Social aspects--United States.
- Human body.
- Human body--Social aspects.
- Psychological aspects.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
- Place of Publication:
- [Santa Monica, Calif.] : distributed by Xenon Pictures, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC ; region 1.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Every year Americans spend an average of $12.4 billion on cosmetic surgery procedures. Why are we being conditioned not to like the way we look? Award-winning filmmaker Darryl Roberts goes on a five-year journey to unearth the origins and deadly risks of our nation's quest for physical perfection.
- Credits:
- Editor, Charles MIller ; photography, Michele G. Bluthenthal.
- Notes:
- DVD release of the 2010 documentary.
- Bonus featurettes: Cosmetic ingredients are mislabeled, Hope for eating disorders, Physiognomy with Stuart Ewen, and Boris Kodjoe and Reggie Theus on being attractive. Study guide.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1597883522
- 9781597883528
- OCLC:
- 646071249
- Publisher Number:
- 000799809723
- XNN 8097 Xenon Pictures
- XE8097DVD Xenon Pictures
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