Thin

Feminist-minded photographer and filmmaker Lauren Greenfield details the ravaging physical and mental effects of anorexia nervosa by following four anorexic women between the ages of 15 and 30 as they struggle to recover from their illness over the course of six excruciating months at a Florida ...more

There's no better way to examine the psychology behind anorexia than by studying its brutal physical effects on the body. Thin allows the camera to capture everything that anorexic women in a recovery program endure. During routine body checks, this cutting edge documentary displays every protruding spine, every weakened nail bed, every pair of eyes encircled by puffy blackness. The camera is never turned off, even during the most sensitive situations, such as when nurses ask anorexic Polly when ...more