Embrace

After three children, Taryn Brumfitt hated her body. She considered cosmetic surgery, decided against it, and put a photograph online: her body during a bodybuilding competition next to her body as it was then, with the order reversed. The picture was seen hundreds of millions of times. The documentary starts from there. Brumfitt travels the world asking women the same question: how would you describe your body. Almost every answer is negative, and it stays that way regardless of age, country or weight. Taryn Brumfitt directs the Australian documentary; ninety minutes, made with crowdfunding. Women living with eating disorders, a woman who survived severe burns and academics are among those speaking. What the film argues is simple: a body is not a project but a place you live in.