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The Illusionists

2016 · 86 min · Documentary

A Film About the Globalization of Beauty

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.

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Free with adsKanopy

Creators

Elena Rossini — Director

Top cast

JJean KilbourneHerselfSSusie OrbachHerselfLaura Mulvey portraitLaura MulveyHerselfGGail DinesHerself

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