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Title:
On Beauty [digital video]
Publication Date:
2015

2018
Publication Information:
Women Make Movies, 2015.

[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2018.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Abstract:
From Emmy-nominated filmmaker Joanna Rudnick comes a story about challenging norms and redefining beauty. ON BEAUTY follows fashion photographer Rick Guidotti, who left the fashion world when he grew frustrated with having to work within the restrictive parameters of the industry’s standard of beauty. After a chance encounter with a young woman who had the genetic condition albinism, Rick re-focused his lens on those too often relegated to the shadows to change the way we see and experience beauty.. At the center of ON BEAUTY are two of Rick's photo subjects: Sarah and Jayne. In eighth grade Sarah left public school because she was bullied so harshly for the birthmark on her face and brain. Jayne lives with albinism in Eastern Africa where society is blind to her unique health and safety needs and where witch doctors hunt people with her condition to sell their body parts. We follow Rick as he uses his lens to challenge convention and media’s narrow scope of with the help of two extraordinary women.. "ON BEAUTY is, quite simply, a masterful example of how cinema can serve as a humanizing force in the world. We need films like this." - RogerEbert.com
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Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
In English
Electronic Access:
Access immediately on Kanopy
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