Thin Dreams

198620 min 38 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Susie Mah

Production: Micheline Le GuillouGerry RogersKathleen ShannonChantal Bowen

Script: Susie Mah

One of the films made by young women participating in a training program sponsored by the Secretary of State's International Youth Year Secretariat and Studio D of the National Film Board. The film is a look at how young women in high school feel about their bodies, and how their self-images are affected by North American society's obsession with thinness.

Subject categories


  • Psychology and Psychiatry > AdolescentsEmotional Life
  • Food and Food Industries > Diet and Nutrition
  • Children and Youth > Health and Safety

Credits


director
Susie Mah
script
Susie Mah
producer
Micheline Le Guillou
Gerry Rogers
executive producer
Kathleen Shannon
associate producer
Chantal Bowen
cinematography
Véronique Lehouck
sound
Aimée Leduc
sound editing
Aimée Leduc
editing
Sibulelo Phakisi
re-recording
Shelley Craig