About the Film

director bio

Jesse Erica Epstein is a Sundance award-winning filmmaker. She received an MA in documentary film from New York University. She was selected for "25 New Faces of Independent Film" by filmmaker magazine, and is a member-owner of New Day Films. She also works as a youth media educator, and for three years taught Reel Stories: Sundance's Youth Documentary Lab. Jesse has also taught Girls Make Movies at the Girls Leadership Institute, and has a published New York Times Video Op-Ed "Sex, Lies and Photoshop."

A FILM IN 3 PARTS

A series of award-winning short films that use humor to raise serious questions about media and physical perfection.

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WET DREAMS AND FALSE IMAGES

(Winner: Sundance Film Festival, ALA/ YALSA Award)

When Dee-Dee the barber learns about the art of photo-retouching, he may never look at his “wall of beauty” the same way again.

THE GUARANTEE

(Best Short Film – Newport International Film Festival)

A dancer’s hilarious story about his prominent “Italian” nose and the effect it has on his career.

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(National PBS Broadcast on POV)

Mannequins, religion and perfection. Enter the inner workings of the Patina V Mannequin Factory and see what goes into making “the ideal woman of the moment” — in plastic.

Here’s some useful resources for researching and teaching about media and physical perfection.