The Illusionists

"A Film About the Globalization of Beauty"

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.

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Young at Heart

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1987

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The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years

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Sing!

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God Sleeps in Rwanda

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The Warriors of Qiugang

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Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations

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The Tobacco Conspiracy: The Backroom Deals of a Deadly Industry

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2007