Bibliograph

The illusionists, a film about the globalization of beauty, Media Education Foundation

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The illusionists, a film about the globalization of beauty, Media Education Foundation

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Grade 9+

Main title

The illusionists

Oclc number

1029842781

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Originally produced by Media Education Foundation (MEF) in 2015

Responsibility statement

Media Education Foundation

Runtime

Sub title

a film about the globalization of beauty

Summary

The Illusionists examines how global advertising firms, mass media conglomerates, and the beauty, fashion, and cosmetic surgery industries are changing the way people around the world define beauty and see themselves. Taking us from Harvard to the halls of the Louvre Museum, from a cosmetic surgeon's office in Beirut to the heart of Tokyo's Electric Town, the film explores how these industries saturate our lives with narrow, Westernized, consumer-driven images of beauty that show little to no respect for biological realities or cultural differences. Features Jean Kilbourne, Susie Orbach, Laura Mulvey, Gail Dines, Susan Linn, and other prominent sociologists, politicians, magazine editors, scientists, artists, and activists in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia

Technique

live action

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