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The Illusionists

A Film About the Globalization of Beauty
Nov 16, 2016 · 1h 26m
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Documentary

PLOT

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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CAST

Jean Kilbourne
Herself
Susie Orbach
Herself
Laura Mulvey
Herself
Gail Dines
Herself
Directed by Elena Rossini

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Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Country
US

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