Thin by Lauren Greenfield

"A cinema verité documentary that takes us inside the walls of Renfrew, a clinic in southern Florida that specializes in the treatment of eating disorders. Renowned documentary photographer Lauren Greenfield makes her directorial debut with this film and chronicles the treatment of four women as they struggle to overcome an illness that has consumed their lives. With breathtaking style and remarkable intimacy, Greenfield interweaves both the physical and emotional ramifications of this complicated disease and the stories of the brave wounded women on this arduous journey to recovery."

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• io
• isabella
• 2007
• anorexia
• laure
• greenfield
• documentary

[babycee303]

POLLY DIED? from what. someone unswer this please

[ioisa]

Unfortunately POLLY is no longer with us. At age 33 she took her own life. SAD.

[jingsee211]

hmmm. . . she should also make a documentary on how obesity kills. Just to show both sides of the coin. Both are unhealthy and obesity is a much bigger problem (and has become more or less socially acceptable) in the US.

[ioisa]

I agree, both anorexia/bulimia and obesity are huge problems, but somehow where the former has been widely covered by media attention and health campaigns, the latter is only just began to be looked at as a "disease" to seek a cure for. If anyone might have suggestions for good documentaries on obesity, we'll be glad to hear about it. Thanks to jingsee211 for the good tip :-)

[frankied00m]

Seriously, feeding women at an eating disorder clinic POP TARTS? Why not just feed them healthy food like brown rice, lean proteins and veggies? America is nuts. Even the people who have eat disorders aren't taught how to eat healthy.

[laurenasia]

Since obesity is being discussed, compulsive overeating is considered an eating disorder. In the actual doc book there is an obese COE at Renfrew.

[straightfeminist]

@frankied00m 

[straightfeminist]

@frankied00m It's a psychological disorder, so eating healthy isn't really the purpose...for example, orthorexia is an eating disorder with symptoms of "eating healthily" to an obsessive and psychologically damaging degree.

[crypticsecret08]

@frankied00m

[crypticsecret08]

@frankied00m

as someone recovering from anorexia, if i didn't have to face scary foods like poptarts, dessert, and other things i viewed as "bad" "fattening" or "unsafe" i wouldn't be challenging my eating disorder. everything in moderation, of course, and I WAS taught to eat a healthy and balenced diet. but if i only had to eat fruits, veggies, and lean proteins, it would only be a matter of time before my ED was alive and kicking again.

[churchbellsaysno]

frankied00m: shut up. at least they are eating.

[1UnbreakableAngel]

its on youtube!

[nicolegreg84]

If that girl had that big of a problem with pizza why did they try to make her eat it? I Love pizza 2 much it's a binge food for me i can't stop at just 1 so i just don't eat it! There's nothing wrong with not wanting to eat pizza it has no real heathey value just emty calories!

[123dsadee]

It is out on DVD. I ordered from Barnes and Noble.