Beauty mark
By: SheArt Productions presents ; produced by Carla Precht, Diane Israel ; directed by Carla Precht & Kathleen Man ; a She-Art production, in association with Salmon Pictures & The Media Education Foundation ; written by Carla Precht, Diane Israel ; educational version produced by Carla Precht, with the Media Education Foundation ... [et al.].
Contributors: Boyles, Edgar; Smith, Jamie; SheArt Productions; Salmon Pictures; Media Education Foundation
Edition: Educational version; standard format.
Series: SOC 100 (NU course); SOC 604 (NU course)
Publisher: Media Education Foundation
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 53
ISBN-13: 9781932869293
Subjects: Anorexia nervosa; Biography; Patients; Exercise addiction; Body image; Personal Beauty; Psychological aspects
Other titles: Body image & the race for perfection
Description: "[Diana] Israel, a Boulder-based psychotherapist and former champion triathlete, talks candidly about her long and agonizing personal struggle with eating disorders and obsessive exercising, fearlessly confronting her own painful past as she attempt to come to terms with American culture's unhealthy fixation on self-destructive ideals of beauty and competitiveness.  The film lends context to Israel's personal odyssey with fascinating insights from athletes, bodybuilders, fashion models, and inner-city teens, as well as prominent cultural critics and authors" -- Container.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008, with a duration of 75 min.  Re-edited for educational purposes in 2009.

Special features: "Diane in recovery : two year later" featurette (2009, 11 min.); 5 deleted scenes (6 min. total).

"Warning: this film contains explicit language" -- Opening screens.

Cinematography, Edgar Boyles ... [et al.] ; edited by Kathleen Man, Daniel Brothers ; original music, Jamie Smith.

With Diana Israel.

Not rated by the MPAA rating.

DVD, NTSC.

"The use of the following media material is protected by the Fair Use Clause of the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, which allows for the rebroadcast of copyrighted materials for the purposes of commentary, criticism, and education" -- Opening screens.

In English, with optional English subtitles.
Table of contents: title: Introduction (2:19); title: Racing her heart out (5:45); title: A distorted mindset (7:59); title: Mayhem (9:20); title: Searching for beauty (11:29); title: Re-imagining beauty (5:39); title: Going home (8:46).