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"[Diane] Israel, a Boulder-based psychotherapist and former champion triathlete, talks candidly about her long and agonizing personal struggle with eating disorders and obsessive exercising, fearlessly confronting her own painful past as she attempt to come to terms with American culture's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Jamie (Composer)
Corporate Authors: SheArt Productions, Salmon Pictures, Media Education Foundation
Other Authors: Israel, Diane (Producer, Screenwriter), Precht, Carla (Producer, Director, Screenwriter), Gyllenhaal, Kathleen Man (Director, Film editor), Brothers, Daniel (Film editor), Boyles, Edgar (Cinematographer)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:In English, with optional English subtitles.
Published: Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, [2009]
Edition:Educational version.
Subjects:
Israel, Diane.
Anorexia nervosa > Patients > United States > Biography.
Exercise addiction > Patients > United States > Biography.
Body image.
Beauty, Personal > Psychological aspects.
Competition (Psychology) > Health aspects.
United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
Autobiographical films.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction (2:19)
  • Racing her heart out (5:45)
  • A distorted mindset (7:59)
  • Mayhem (9:20)
  • Searching for beauty (1129)
  • Re-imagining beauty (5:39)
  • Going home (8:45).