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Filmmaker info:
Jesse Epstein is a filmmaker and youth media educator. She received an MA in Documentary Film from NYU. Filmmaker magazine recently named her "One of 25 Filmmakers to Watch."
"Engaging and innovative" Randy Pitman, Video Librarian
“These films make the study of society and the media relevant to students by speaking to their everyday experiences and inspires them to speak as well -- guaranteed to spark lively classroom conversations.” -Astra Taylor, Department of Sociology SUNY New Paltz
“Revealing, sensitive, and yes, funny, Wet Dreams and False Images is a wonderful deconstruction of the construction of desire. I strongly recommend it as a teaching tool for both academic and community environments.” -Stephen Duncombe, Media and Cultural Studies New York University
“A candid look at a normal, seductive, and disturbingly unreal part of our visual culture.” -Leon Dunkley, Ph.D., Director, Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture Duke University
"Epstein's quirky, quietly radical film shows consciousness being raised right on camera...A riveting examination of how retouching has enforced an utterly unrealizable standard of female beauty, even at street level." -Kate Stables, Guardian Newspapers
34x25x36 (8 min.)
A look at mannequins, religion, and perfection.
(SXSW, Full Frame, True/False, over 1 million hits on Youtube) Distributed through Ohms Media: Jesse@Ohmsmedia.org