The Illusionists
The Illusionists

The Illusionists

A Film About the Globalization of Beauty

8.0(2 votes)
2015
1h 26m
Documentary

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.

Cast

Jean Kilbourne

Jean Kilbourne

Herself

Susie Orbach

Susie Orbach

Herself

Laura Mulvey

Laura Mulvey

Herself

Gail Dines

Gail Dines

Herself

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