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The illusionists / KMI presents, with the support of the Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt ; written, directed & produced by Elena Rossini.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Rossini, Elena, screenwriter, film producer, director of photography, film director, editor of moving image work.
Coyote, Peter, narrator.
STAL (Musician), composer (expression).
KMI (Firm), presenter.
Media Education Foundation, publisher.
Language:
English
French
Italian
Japanese
Subjects (All):
Beauty culture--Social aspects.
Beauty culture.
Body image--Social aspects.
Body image.
Human body--Social aspects.
Human body.
Social pressure.
Social influence--Women.
Social influence.
Mass media--Moral and ethical aspects.
Mass media.
Social aspects.
Genre:
Feature films -- France.
Feature films -- Italy.
Feature films -- United States.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (54 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Title:
Subtitle on container and disc surface: Film about the globalization of beauty
Place of Publication:
Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, [2015]
Language Note:
In English (with some Japanese, Italian, French) with optional English subtitles.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital stereo.
digital
optical
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Dolby digital
wide screen (16:9)
NTSC
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DVD video
all regions
Summary:
Multi-billion dollar industries saturate our lives with images of unattainable beauty, exporting body hatred from New York to Beirut to Tokyo. Their target? Women, and increasingly men and children. The Illusionists turns the mirror on media, exposing the absurd, sometimes humorous, and shocking images that seek to enslave us.
Contents:
Part I: Insecurity sells
Part II: The official body. Black & white ; Never too thin
Part III: Brave new world. The XXX factor ; Getting them young ; Future bodies ; Agents of change.
Participant:
Narrator, Peter Coyote.
Credits:
Film editor, Elena Rossini ; associate producers, Erika Franchini, Garrett Zevgetis ; director of photography, Elena Rossini ; original music, Pierre-Marie Maulini (STAL) ; music executive producer, Olivier Linglet.
Notes:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015.
Wide screen.
Disc contains: Full educational version (54 min.) and abridged educational version (42 min.) of the film.
OCLC:
923009032
Publisher Number:
897952002004

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