The HBO Documentary film Thin takes us inside the walls of Renfrew Center, a residential facility for the treatment of women with eating disorders, closely following four young women (ages 15 - 30) who have spent their lives starving themselves, often to the verge of death. The film deftly chronicl...
Powerful, realistic look
By Dr. M from Bowling Green, OH on 11/9/2011
Pros: Eating disorders, Informative, Constructions of beauty, The Beauty Myth, Women's studies
Best Uses: Adult Viewers, Women's studies classes
Describe Yourself: Casual Viewer
I use this with my women's studies classes to break through the silence around eating disorders in college women. This film is shocking, realistic and confrontational and sparks strong discussion.
(legalese)
No comments:
Post a Comment