The Body Fights Back

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1h 46mDocumentary

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.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 vastl... Read more

Starring Hannah Webb, Rory Brown, Imogen Fox, Josephine Morondiya, Michaela Gingell, Tenisha Pascal, Isabella Robinson, Joyce Webb, Johannes Schrey

Watch "The Body Fights Back" from streaming services Vudu, Apple TV+ (itunes) released in 2021. It's a documentary movie, and has a rating of 4 out of 10 from Imdb which is fairly low for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.