Tuesday, December 8, 2015

The Illusionists (2015)

Director: Elena Rossini
Run Time: 54 min.
Call Number: HM636 .I55 2015

"...a new documentary examining the role of advertising and complicity of the media in perpetuating unattainable body images for women, and increasingly, men and children. Picking up where Jean Kilbourne’s 1979 film series, Killing Us Softly, left off, The Illusionists examines the ramifications of the globalization of Western beauty ideals and marketing strategies, tracing the saturation of cosmetic advertising from London and Paris to Beirut, Mumbai, and Tokyo."
—Erica Schwiegershausen, New York Magazine (Full Article)