Psychology

Bionic beauty salon [videorecording] / written, produced and directed by Gretchen Stoeltje [Hohokus, N.J.] : New Day Films, c1999
1 videocassette (22 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Lilly Library:  A-V Video cassette | VC 9157
Summary:  "Bionic beauty salon addresses the insecurities of women of all ages who learn to place their self-worth in the measure of their beauty. The film offers a model for how to reclaim the media and find one’s true self through one’s own voice. Its personal voice and funny, adolescent sensibility make it intellectually accessible to women of all ages. As art, it provides students much needed direct contact with poetic and artistic uses of electronic media. Its primary audience is teenage girls but should include anyone who struggles to understand female socialization, and anyone who has ever assessed the physical beauty of a woman"--Container.

Body image : the quest for perfection [videorecording] / producer, Kelly Briley ; director, Hamid Khani ; Olive Tree Communications. Berkeley, CA : University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, 2000.
1 videocassette (30 min.), col. ; 1/2 in. + study guide (8 p.)
Lilly Library:  A-V Video cassette | VC 9207
Summary:  Seven women go on a retreat to share their feelings about their bodies, the sources of these feelings and the images of women in mass media. Based on the research of Dr. Michelle A. Wolf.

The human body  : appearance, shape and self-image [videorecording] / created & produced by Dane Archer ; directed & photographed by Jon Silver. [Santa Cruz, Calif.] : D. Archer ; Berkeley, CA : University of California Extension Center for Media & Independent Learning, [distributor], c1998.
1 videocassette (37 min.), col. ; 1/2 in.
Participants:  Dane Archer, presenter
Credits:  Music, The Spinners
Lilly Library:  A-V Video cassette | VC 10136
Lilly Library:  A-V Limited Circulation | VC 10136
Summary:  As the title implies, covers basically the attitudes of primarily young people toward their bodies. The rationale behind tattooing and body piercing is taken up, as is anorexia in young women.

Slim hopes: advertising and the obsession with thinness [videorecording] / written & presented by Jean Kilbourne. Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, c1995.
1 videodisc (30 min.), col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Credits:  Executive producer, director, editor, Sut Jhally ; director of photography, Charles Pappert ; research, Heather Odom.
Lilly Library:  A-V DVD | DVD 2668
Summary:  Explores the manner in which women are portrayed by advertising with the focus on thinness. Discusses the impact this portrayal has on the self images of women and girls.
Contents:  Impossible beauty -- The waif look -- Constructed bodies -- Food & sex -- Food & control -- The weight loss industry -- Freeing imaginations.

Western eyes [videorecording] / [presented by] the National Film Board of Canada. New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 2000.
1 videocassette (40 min.), col. ; 1/2 in.
Credits  Producer, Gerry Flahive ; director, Ann Shin ; photography, Stanislaw Barua ; editor, Nick Hector
Lilly Library: A-V Limited Circulation | VC 11375
Summary:  Examines the search for beauty and self-acceptance through the experiences of a young Filipina and Korean woman living in Canada who both believe their appearance, specifically their eyes, affect the way they are perceived. Both feel unsettled in Western society and are contemplating cosmetic surgery on their eyes. Layering interviews with references to super models and other pop-culture icons of beauty, the filmmaker captures the pain that almost always lies behind the desire for plastic surgery.