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Title America the beautiful / Xenon Pictures and Sensory Overload Productions ; producers, Kurt Engfehr, Stela Georgieva ; written, produced and directed by Darryl Roberts.

Publication Info. [Santa Monica, Calif.] : distributed by Xenon Pictures, 2010.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Department  DVD 305.42 AMERICA    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - DVDs  DVD 305.42 AMERICA    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD ; widescreen presentation ; NTSC.
Credits Editors, Charles Miller, Stela Georgieva.
Audience MPAA rating: PG-13 (parents strongly cautioned; some material may be inappropriate for children under 13).
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.
Note 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.
Language In English, with English or Spanish subtitles.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- United States.
Body image in women -- United States.
Identity (Psychology) and mass media -- United States.
Beauty, Personal -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Human body -- Social aspects -- United States.
Genre/Form Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Roberts, Darryl.
Sensory Overload Productions.
Xenon Pictures.
ISBN 1597883522
9781597883528
Standard No. 000799809723
Music No. XNN 8097 Xenon Pictures
XE8097DVD Xenon Pictures
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