Shake Your Fist (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Image: aptrick Lotus Flower - One Little Plane Myspace Image: Lauren Greenfield Your Red Dress - Alaska in Winter Myspace Image: Michele Valdez Who Loves the Sun - Velvet Underground From Loaded ( Amazon ) Image: Bea Fremderman Last November - Lackthereof Myspace Image: Benjamin Donaldson Blind Lead the Blind - John Matthias Myspace Image: Elspeth Diederix The Swimming Song - Vetiver Myspace Zip file...
pullquote (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
It wasn't until she left Boston that the cinetrix got well and truly geeked about documentary films, but the city is lousy with documentarians. Has been for ages. So when she learned about the new screening series, FACING REALITIES: Dialogues...
Ypulse (Free subscription) | 02/27/2008
The term "eating disorder" encompasses a range of illnesses that continues to affect many young people today. With stick-thin celebrities as role models, and an ever growing diet-culture, kids are starting to worry about their weight and appearance at younger...
mamaVISION (Free subscription) | 02/24/2008
Shelly Guillory from the HBO documentary THIN is ready to have her say. Since the death of her friend Polly Williams, she has decided to come out fighting. Fighting against eating disorders, and the media that fuels them. Here is an update from Shelly sent to me via email; So I haven't been around much on the internet [...]
mamaVISION (Free subscription) | 02/24/2008
Lauren Greenfield's latest film “kids + money”strikes at the cord of the last post HollyHell and an earlier one focused on an $18K pair of jeans. The question for today is are we completely nuts? Image Source: Lauren Greenfield, kids + money An original short film by award-winning filmmaker and photographer Lauren Greenfield, kids + moneyis a conversation [...]
The-F-Word.org (Free subscription) | 02/18/2008
Sometimes the best map will not guide you You can't see what's round the bend Sometimes the road leads through dark places Sometimes the darkness is your friend ~ Bruce Cockburn Many of us have felt deeply disturbed by the recent death of Polly Williams, one of the four women with an eating disorder featured in Lauren [...]
LA Times (Free subscription) | 02/16/2008
Pollack "Polly" Ann Williams, who was featured in the HBO documentary "Thin," an unflinching look at several women with serious eating disorders, was found dead Feb. 8 at her home in Hixson, Tenn. She was 33.
Recent Posts at Lightstalkers (Free subscription) | 02/15/2008
We are pleased to announce the official opening of VII DUMBO, starting with a sneak peak on Friday, February 29th from 3-6:30pm. Lauren Greenfield, Marcus Bleasdale, Ron Haviv, Christopher Morris, Jessica Dimmock and many more will be on hand to answer questions and sign books. What is VII DUMBO? First of all, it is the new location of VII's NY office. In addition, we will operate a street level gallery...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
If you saw Lauren Greenfield's documentary "Thin" at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival or when it aired on HBO, you'll remember Polly Ann Williams. She was one of the four patients Greenfield followed at Florida's Renfrew Center, a treatment facility for women with eating disorders. Williams was in the center because she tried to kill herself over eating two slices of pizza. Williams, as
The-F-Word.org (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Gone from mystery into mystery Gone from daylight into night Another step deeper into darkness Closer to the light ~ Bruce Cockburn I wasn't going to blog today outside of listing a few quick news hits. I have a 500-page book waiting to be read for a graduate class and lots of work-related stories to write up. But [...]
mamaVISION (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
Many of you remember Polly from the HBO documentary THIN by Lauren Greenfield. Image Source for all photos: Lauren Greenfield, THIN Polly passed away on Friday evening. Please send your prayers to her friends and family. Take a moment to reflect upon the courage it took for Polly to let it all fly on THIN. I’m nothing [...]
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 01/26/2008
Filed under: Festival Reports , Podcasts , Interviews , HBO Films , Cinematical Indie An award-winning photographer, Lauren Greenfield's work has appeared in magazines, newspapers and her own books; her debut documentary, Thin , was an impressive and sensitive examination of eating disorders in America through the lives of women at an outpatient center recieving treatment for their problems. She's...
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 01/18/2008
Photographed by Lauren Greenfield for Elle.com. Full story can be found in February issue of Elle. We’ll file this one under ‘unexpected'. According to Elle, it seems Heidi Fleiss, legendary nineties madame is in the process of launching an eco-friendly brothel for women in Nevada . The site for her stud farm is a 60 acre plot of land near Pahrump where she just opened a laundromat called Dirty Laundry....
Art Deadlines List (Free subscription) | 01/04/2008
Art on the Move 2008-09. This will be the third year of AOTM, and the Commission will be selecting up to five works of art to be displayed from July 2008 through June 2009. No entry fee. Contact: Lauren Greenfield Art in Public Places City of Longmont, Colorado 303-651-8924 http://www.ci.longmont.co.us/museum/aipp
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 12/05/2007
Posted: 3:47 PM- Eighty-three short films from 17 countries have been selected for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, organizers announced Wednesday.
