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Patina V is a place where the owner will tell women (and then run for cover), “There are no perfect bodies out there. We make the perfect body.” And the chief designer harkens back to the roots of his craft not only in French 19th-century wax figures but also in the religious icons of medieval times.
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3 Stars -- Recommended Patina V makes what company owner Norman Glazer calls "the perfect body": female mannequins sized 34 x 25 x 36. In filmmaker Jesse Epstein's engaging and disquieting documentary short, viewers are taken on a brief tour of the Patina V factory... Randy Pitman Video Librarian
...examining issues of body image from quirky and revealing angles. Cathy Fisher P.O.V.
A look at some of the best short films from this year's SXSW Film Festival. The title of this fascinating documentary refers to the dimensions of the perfect woman, as defined by the owner of the Patina V mannequin factory in California... By turns informative, funny and unsettling, 34 x 25 x 36 is a 100% perfect documentary. David Lowery Spout Blog -- Reel Shorts
Jesse Epstein Jesse lives in Brooklyn. Her films WET DREAMS AND FALSE IMAGES received a Short Subject Jury Award at The Sundance Film Festival, THE GUARANTEE received Best Short Film at Newport International Film Festival, and 34x25x36 had National PBS Broadcast on P.O.V. All three films are being distributed through New Day Films. Jesse was selected for of “25 New Faces of Independent Film” by filmmaker magazine. She is also the editor of the Shooting People, Inc. NY Filmmaker’s Network.
Jesse Epstein, received an MA in documentary film and gender studies from NYU. She has directed and produced documentary projects both nationally and internationally. Her Public Service Announcement about body image has been shown in the Media That Matters Film Festival in conjunction with the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival and on the Oxygen Media Channel. She is also the founder of a youth video program in Manhattan's Lower East Side, and an instructor for Reel Stories: Sundance's youth documentary lab. Jesse recently received a grant from the Chicken and Egg Fund and the Fledgling Fund to produce a fourth segment of "Body Typed".
Jesse grew up in Boston, Mass. She received an MA in documentary film from NYU. Jesse was recently selected for "25 New Faces of Independent Film" by Filmmaker Magazine. For three years she instructed Reel Stories: Sundance's Youth Documentary Workshop. With a grant from Chicken & Egg Pictures, Wet Dreams and False Images, and The Guarantee, are being expanded into a one-hour film about body image and media. To see samples of her films, visit http://www.newday.com/filmmakers/Jesse_Epstein.html.
Wet Dreams and False Images
Part 1) BODY TYPED:
Wet Dreams and False Images uses humor to raise serious concerns about the marketplace of commercial illusion and unrealizable standards of physical perfection.
Subject: Women's Studies/Men's Studies
A documentary that explores the point of tension where gender, family relationships, and faith, intersect.
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
Sometimes a film makes history; it doesn’t just document it. So it is with Granito: How to Nail a Dictator”, the astonishing new film by Pamela Yates. Part political thriller, part memoir, Yates transports us back in time through a riveting, haunting tale of genocide and returns to the present with a cast of characters joined by destiny and the quest to bring a malevolent dictator to justice.
Children Of War
A group of former child soldiers undergo a remarkable journey of trauma therapy, emotional healing, and homecoming.
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3 Stars -- Recommended
