The Illusionists (2015)

  • NR
  • 01/01/2015 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 26m

A Film About the Globalization of Beauty

Overview

Sex sells. What sells even more? Insecurity. Multi-billion dollar industries saturate our lives with images of unattainable beauty, exporting body hatred from New York to Beirut to Tokyo. Their target? Women, and increasingly men and children. "The Illusionists" turns the mirror on media, exposing the absurd, sometimes humorous, and shocking images that seek to enslave us.

Elena Rossini

Director, Writer

Cast

Jean Kilbourne's headshot

Jean Kilbourne

Herself
Susie Orbach's headshot

Susie Orbach

Herself
Laura Mulvey's headshot

Laura Mulvey

Herself
Gail Dines's headshot

Gail Dines

Herself

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