"America the Beautiful" Q & A Screening

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“America the Beautiful” is a documentary about America’s unhealthy obsession with beauty, featuring Eve Ensler, from the Vagina Monologues. It is playing an exclusive engagement at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema (2828 N. Clark Street), where it was the top grossing film two weekends in a row! And this Friday and Saturday (May 23 and 24), following the 7:10 and 9:45 show times, there will be a special Q &A with director, Darryl Roberts. We would love to hear what you have to say after seeing our film.

Here’s what critics are saying about “America the Beautiful”

“3 STARS” “POWERFUL MESSAGE”
-Roger Ebert

“ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL VIEWING”
-Capone, Ain’t It Cool News

“…CAPTIVATING…”
-LA TIMES

“AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE NOT JUST FOR WOMEN, BUT FOR EVERYONE”
-Bill Zwecker, CBS 2 Chicago

“ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENTARY FILMS OF THIS DECADE”
-Samantha Urban, The Daily Campus

“…WICKED”
-The Chicagoist

Below is a brief synopsis of the film.

In 2004, America spent $12.4 billion on cosmetic surgery. The estimated cost for basic nutrition and health care in developing countries: $13 billion. If those figures don’t convince you that our priorities are skewed, consider that the real cost of our obsession with youth, beauty and a slender physique is tallied in an epidemic of eating disorders, complications and death from unnecessary surgeries, exposure to dangerous toxins in cosmetics, and the equally toxic effects on a generation of young people. How did we get this way? Who is harmed by our quest for perfection? And who is profiting from encouraging the insecurities that fuel that quest? In Darryl Roberts’s candid and far-reaching documentary, we hear from the movers and shakers of advertising, fashion, entertainment and the media; from educators, health-care professionals and scientists; and from ordinary men, women and teens. The answers they give are astounding, with consequences far more than skin deep.

See the trailer at www.americathebeautifuldoc.com