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Your Fat Friend

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  • Jeanie Finlay

    Jeanie Finlay

Synopsis

Aubrey Gordon, writes anonymously as "Your Fat Friend" about what it means to be a very fat woman in the world. Her searingly honest writing describes in intimate, humorous and unflinching detail what it’s like to be that fat person on the plane... and how the fantasies, peddled by a diet and wellness industry worth $26 billion a year, are on a par with the lies that Big Tobacco told the public in the 1950s. (95-98% of diets fail for lasting weight loss) …and about her own fractured relationship to her body.
This isn’t about “body positivity” co-opted by brands to sell fat-kinis to size 16 women; it’s about fat justice and liberation with no limits. It has brought her an insatiable worldwide audience, a book deal and threats to her life.
Filmed over 6 years, we follow Aubrey’s rise from anonymous blogger to best selling author and co-host of one of the biggest podcasts in the world and public figure. Chartsing how it feels to live in a very fat body, and the pain and triumph of trying to change your family... and a world where you just don’t fit.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2023 - Spotlight Documentary - World premiere
Official Selection Sheffield DocFest 2023 - International premiere - Winner - Sheffield DocFest Audience Award 2023

Details

Year
2023
Type of film
Features
Running Time
95 min
Format
4K
Director
Jeanie Finlay
Producer
Jeanie Finlay
Co-Producer
Suzanne Alizart
Executive Producer
Charlotte Cook, Shanida Scotland, Sandra Whipham
Editor
Alice Powell
Director of Photography
Stewart Copeland, Jeanie Finlay
Music
Tara Creme
Principal Cast
Aubrey Gordon
Music Supervisor
Graham Langley

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 30th May 2023

Production Company

Glimmer Films Ltd
Broadway Cinema
14-18 Broad Street
Nottingham
NG1 3AL
+44 (0)115 8507847
hello@glimmerfilms.com
http://www.glimmerfilms.com

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Company

Cinetic Media
Jason Ishikawa
+1 323 870 7979
Jason@cineticmedia.com
https://cineticmedia.com