The Body Fights Back (2020)
A feature documentary about five people navigating the paradoxes of diet culture. While promises of happiness, desirability and perfection are irresistible, joy and contentment remain out of reach. Personal stories from vastly different backgrounds quickly merge into a shockingly similar experience of battling one’s body. Self-starvation and compulsive exercise bring temporary satisfaction, only to be replaced with binging and purging soon after. Surprisingly, none of it has much to do with food.
Director: Marian Võsumets
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Hannah Webb as Self |
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Rory Brown as Self |
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Imogen Fox as Self |
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Josephine Morondiya as Self |
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Michaela Gingell as Self |
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Tenisha Pascal as Self |
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Isabella Robinson as Self |
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Joyce Webb as Self |
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Johannes Schrey as Self |
| Directing | Marian Võsumets | Director |
| Sound | Sven Sosnitski | Music |
| Editing | Joonas Laiapea | Editor |
| Sound | Indrek Soe | Sound |
| Writing | Marian Võsumets | Writer |
| Camera | Fidelia Regina Randmäe | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Norman Tamkivi | Director of Photography |