Filmmaker Darryl Roberts' latest documentary was inspired by a news story about a young man whose obsession with a model led to murder. After reading the story - which detailed the man's decision to kill the young woman after she rebuffed his request for a date - Roberts began thinking about the value our society places on beauty, and eventually set out across country to see what he could discover.

"He talked to experts, ordinary people, fashion industry workers, magazine editors and style program producers.... 'And the first thing I did was I interviewed 200 women,' Roberts said. 'I asked all of them a set of questions and one of the questions was, "Do you feel attractive?".... and only two said yes.'"

At the root of all bad feelings and poor body images, Roberts said, is a multi-billion dollar industry that makes money by making people feel unhappy about their physical appearance. "America the Beautiful," Roberts' documentary about his travels, is scheduled to be released in theatres across the United States this autumn. Source: Minnesota Public Radio

Labels: media_influences, modeling, body_image

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