The Illusionists
A Film About the Globalization of Beauty
2015•1h 26m•8.0/10
Documentary
Ratings
🎬TMDb
8.0/10(2)
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.
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Available in Your Library
Cast
Jean Kilbourne
Herself
Susie Orbach
Herself
Laura Mulvey
Herself
Gail Dines
Herself
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