The Acceptable Sin - AWARD-WINNING SHORT FILM!!!

The award-winning documentary short film about the direct link between obesity and religion.

Directed by Jack Truman

Featuring Opal Dockery

Screened at over 30 film festivals worldwide, including:

Animal Rights Film Festival
Non Violence Film Festival
Indieroad Film Festival
Slamdance Film Festival
South Africa International Film Fsetival
Tarfest Film Festival
McAllen Film Festival
Queens Film Festival
DC Independent Film Festival
Short Shorts Film Festival Asia
Palm Springs Short Film Market
Bliss Film Festival
Blue Planet Film Festival

Category:

Education

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[thedixiechannel]

Love the comments! And welcome the lively discussions! Opening people's eyes!!! Over 30 film festivals to date....and counting

[thedixiechannel]

THE ACCEPTABLE SIN just won BEST FILM at the Green Screen Environmental Film Festival in Venice!

[shicana]

@lijewi:

#4: Finally, per your accusation: "Degrading a fat child's body for being fat is child abuse." How is trying to save children's lives "degrading"? The word ignorance implies ignoring facts and basic wisdom; is that what you're advocating? I didn't hear any name-calling in this film, just valid concerns. I refer again to Dr. Oz's website, which features many articles about the national epidemic/crisis of childhood obesity and how it shortens kids' lives via a wide variety of diseases.

[shicana]

@lijewi:

#3: You're losing sight of the fact that this short film is not a documentary, it's an artistic representation of one woman's opinion, interspersed with statistics and facts to back her up. The candy bar/child abuse statement can correlate to the government's oft-enforced viewpoint that parents are responsible for minor offspring's general health & welfare. I ask, what's the difference btwn. abusing a child from without (beating) or killing him from within (a life- threatening diet)?

[shicana]

@lijewi (cont.)

#2: For your information, according to medical research, to some extent one CAN tell what's happening inside a person's body just by looking at it. For example, the statement "waist size can impact your overall health" is quoted from cardiologist/ heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz's website (posted under "Articles on 9-2-2010):

"A waist size over 35 inches in women and over 40 inches in men greatly increases the risk of chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease and more."

[shicana]

@lijewi: I'd like to address your points, but have to break it up into separate comments due to space limitations.

#1: Millions of street cameras throughout the United States capture the images of those who dare to venture out into public, so permission seems to be a thing of the past. We live in a "surveillance society" as the following article points out, so people cannot assume privacy outside their homes anyway.

Boston Globe: "US Doles out Millions for Street Cameras" - August 12, 2007

[lijewi]

How can you think filming people without their permission and judging them is okay? You can't tell what's happening inside a person's body just by looking at it. The people you're judging in this video could be perfectly healthy. I am vegan, I am a supporter of animal rights, but I am also against the tactics you are using in this video.

"Giving a fat child a candy bar is child abuse" - no, no it's not. Degrading a fat child's body for being fat is child abuse.