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Dying to be thin

Title
Dying to be thin [videorecording] / a NOVA production by Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. for WGBH/Boston ; written, produced and directed by Larkin McPhee.
Publication
South Burlington, Vt. : WGBH Boston Video, c2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Sarandon, Susan, 1946-
  • Kaye, Walter H., 1943-
  • Striegel-Moore, Ruth.
  • Brumberg, Joan Jacobs.
  • Melamed, Eleena.
  • Goodman, Erika.
  • Hamilton, Linda H.
  • Tracey, Kathleen, 1969-.
  • Warren, Michelle P.
  • McKenzie, Kevin.
  • McPhee, Larkin.
  • WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
  • Twin Cities Public Television.
Description
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Documentary on anorexia nervosa and bulimia, eating disorders that have grown increasingly prevalent in contemporary American society. Experts in the field discuss some of their underlying causes (especially cultural pressures to be thin), their physiological and psychological effects, and some medical and therapeutic treatments that have been developed. The interviewees include patients representing particularly vulnerable groups: young women from troubled families, dancers, fashion models, athletes. Erika Goodman, a former dancer with the Joffrey Ballet, speaks compellingly of the premature osteoporosis and loss of mobility that have resulted from her anorexic behavior in earlier life. Other interviewees describe successful struggles against unattainable and unhealthy body images ; among them are Kate Dillon, a former supermodel, and dancers Katey Tracey and Eleena Melamed.
Uniform Title
Nova (Television program)
Alternative Title
Nova. Dying to be thin
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentaries and factual films and programs.
  • Educational/cultural films and programs.
  • Video.
Note
  • Includes advertisements.
Credits (note)
  • Executive producer, Paula S. Apsell.
Performer (note)
  • Narrator: Susan Sarandon.
  • Interviewees: Karri Meador, Walter Kaye, Ruth Striegel-Moore, Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Kate Dillon, Susan Willard, Timothy Walsh, Eleena Melamed, Erika Goodman, Linda Hamilton, Katey [Kathleen] Tracey, Michelle Warren, Jennifer Schmid, Nancy Schmid, Anne Chavarro, Janet Guss, Kevin McKenzie.
Event (note)
  • Original telecast date: December 12, 2000.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5253
ISBN
1578072328
OCLC
  • 48751743
  • NYPY01-F773
Title
Dying to be thin [videorecording] / a NOVA production by Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. for WGBH/Boston ; written, produced and directed by Larkin McPhee.
Imprint
South Burlington, Vt. : WGBH Boston Video, c2000.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Credits
Executive producer, Paula S. Apsell.
Event
Original telecast date: December 12, 2000.
Performer
Narrator: Susan Sarandon.
Interviewees: Karri Meador, Walter Kaye, Ruth Striegel-Moore, Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Kate Dillon, Susan Willard, Timothy Walsh, Eleena Melamed, Erika Goodman, Linda Hamilton, Katey [Kathleen] Tracey, Michelle Warren, Jennifer Schmid, Nancy Schmid, Anne Chavarro, Janet Guss, Kevin McKenzie.
Added Author
Sarandon, Susan, 1946- Narrator
Kaye, Walter H., 1943- Interviewee
Striegel-Moore, Ruth. Interviewee
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Interviewee
Melamed, Eleena. Interviewee
Goodman, Erika. Interviewee
Hamilton, Linda H. Interviewee
Tracey, Kathleen, 1969-. Interviewee
Warren, Michelle P. Interviewee
McKenzie, Kevin. Interviewee
McPhee, Larkin. Producer. Director
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
Twin Cities Public Television.
Added Title
Nova (Television program)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5253
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