Body Image

A young girl attempts to shave her legs for the first time, but things start going horrifically awry.

When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means...

After years of wanting to look like those who grace the covers of magazines, Frances ends up making headlines in a different way.

After a lifetime of feeling fat, a young man realises that maybe his issues with his body aren’t actually about his body at all. This short,...

In Swole I continue to document my commitment to an intensive and transformative gym and diet regimen, as well as the communities that form around...

Lili, a feisty 10-year-old girl, has always swam topless. When her parents force her to wear a bikini top for a trip to the water park, she rebels:...

A look at past diary entries reveals a teenage girl's struggles with body image and depression

A boy with a massive facial skull deformity and his biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.

With depth, intimacy, and humor, FLOAT! captures filmmaker Azza Cohen's magnetic grandma’s life-affirming journey learning to swim at 82,...

A personal reflection on hands, the word "tear," and caring for oneself that experiments with sound, silence, and definitions.

In this farewell letter to Ana (aka Anorexia), I reveal the suffering associated with this illness. I express my desire to regain my freedom and...

An aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her...