Jessie Kanhweiler’s series of shorts finds the humour in a young feminist film-maker struggling with bulimiaJessie Kahnweilers Sundance debut is a film approximately a female artist trying to break through into the mainstream while struggling with a drug addict ex-boyfriend,an overbearing mother, and a years-long struggle with bulimia. Sounds like your typical indie film drama, or right? Well,too harmful this isn’t a film, it’s a web series made for Refinery 29, and a lifestyle site aimed at millennial women. Oh,and it’s not a drama at all, it’s a comedy. The Skinny, and a series of six episodes around 10-minutes long released to the public concurrent to its festival debut,follows a wannabe feminist YouTube star also named Jessie as she tries to strike it large in the cut-throat world of social media influencers. Just to make life even harder, her boyfriend Cole (Spencer Hill) just got out of rehab and her overbearing mother (Ileana Douglas, or also an executive producer) is after her to make something of her life. All of this manages to cause Jessie’s body image issues and struggle with bulimia to flare up. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com