The Famine Within Movie Review 1991

A documentary covering the American woman's obsession with weight. Includes statistics (80 percent of 4th-grade girls have already tried their first diet), observations, and anecdotes, with the view that women go beyond vanity and into life and death matters in their pursuit of some imagined ideal body shape.

Distribution

Direct Cinema Ltd., PO Box 10003, Santa Monica, CA 90410-1003, Phone: (310)636-8200, Toll-free: 800-525-0000, Fax: (310)636-8228, Email: orders@directcinemalimited.com, URL: http://www.directcinema.com

Available on VHS
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary Films, Women

Director

Katherine Gilday