Body Image: The Quest for Perfection
is a 30-minute video designed to promote dialogue about the feelings and sources connected to the issues surrounding body image. In the video, seven women go on a three-day retreat to share their feelings about their bodies, discuss the sources of these feelings and explore the images of women's bodies in mass media. Our goal for this video is rather simple; we want viewers to talk about the obsession with body image in our culture and how this has affected their feelings and thoughts about their own bodies. We also hope that, like the women in the video, women can feel comfort in knowing that so many others share their struggle.

The video was an honoree at the 2001 Western Psychological Association Conference and the National Media Education Conference. It was also a first place winner in the National Council on Family Relations Media Awards.

Click below to view clips from the documentary:
Introduction (Quicktime)
Cultural Ideal (Quicktime)
Fat Phobia? (Quicktime)
Solutions (Quicktime)