Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image

What does mean to be gay and be a man? There's no straight answer for sure. From the Castro culture of the 1970s to today’s Bears and gym rats, this fascinating investigation of gay men and sexuality blows the lid off old stereotypes and showcases a battalion of interviewees including muscle men, rodeo riders, rugby players and cops. T...

Runtime

1h 16m

Cast

J. Wesley Adams, David Aguilar, H.T. Bennett

Six extra-ordinary people from around the world reveal their bodies and share their secrets in a unique experiment in search of their inner selves.

Runtime

1h 21m

Director

Kim Farrant

Cast

Carré Otis

A charming valentine to women born with a space between their teeth, ranging from lighthearted whimsy to a deeper look at issues like self-esteem and societal attitudes toward standards of beauty. Interviews were conducted with over one hundred women, including model Lauren Hutton and Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

Runtime

31m

Director

Les Blank

Cast

Lauren Hutton, Lauren Moore, Sandra Day O'Connor

The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of the 1920s, the film propagates physical training and shows in stylized documentary scenes aspects of physical hygiene, gymnastics, sports and dancing as well as scenes in which supposed sportsmen of antiquity pose naked.

Runtime

1h 44m

Director

Nicholas Kaufmann, Wilhelm Prager

Cast

Leni Riefenstahl, Jack Dempsey, Jenny Hasselqvist

(1985) An animated satire on the question of self image for African American women living in a society where beautiful hair is viewed as hair that blows in the wind and lets you be free. Lively tunes and witty narration accompany a quick-paced inventory of relaxers, gels and curlers. Such rituals are all-too familiar to African Americ...

Runtime

10m