Fattitude is a 2017 American documentary film by Lindsey Averill and Viridiana Lieberman.
| Fattitude | |
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| Directed by | Viridiana Lieberman Lindsey Averill |
| Produced by | Lindsey Averill |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Summary
editThe movie is about fat discrimination and its main objective is to make the general public more aware of the prejudice that fat people experienced. The movie promotes the fat acceptance movement—a social movement that seeks to change anti-fat bias in social attitudes.[2][3][4][5][6]
The documentary informs people about what the filmmakers call fat shaming and fat hatred. The documentary also hopes to inspire people to speak out about the prejudice they face or the mistreatment of others.[7]
Production
editThe film was financed by running a successful crowdfunding campaign at the website Kickstarter in which 1,073 backers pledged $44,140 to help bring this project to life.[8][9][10]
Controversy
editAfter start the Kickstarter campaign, Averill and Lieberman became the target of heavy trolling and harassment from anonymous users on 4chan and other web forums, and received rape and death threats. People ordered pizzas delivered to Averill's home, and they were forced to change their phone numbers due to the number of hateful calls.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ "Fattitude, a Highly Anticipated Film About Weight Bias Announces NY Premiere".
- ^ "'Fattitude' Will Stop You From Making Fat People The Butt Of Your Jokes". Huffington Post. 25 April 2014.
- ^ "'Fattitude': Documentary aims to promote body acceptance". Seattle Times. 7 September 2014.
- ^ "I'm Being Stalked By Fat-Shamers — & I'm Still Fighting". Refinery29.
- ^ "This Movie Will Change How You Think About The Word "Fat"". Buzzfeed.
- ^ "Look At All The Ways Pop Culture Discriminates Against A Certain Body Type. How Wrong Is That?". Upworthy. 25 April 2014.
- ^ "Fattitude: Documentary to be aimed at promoting body acceptance". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on August 2, 2014.
- ^ "Q&A With 'Fattitude' Producer Lindsey Averill: How To Use The Word "Fat"". Oxygen.
- ^ "Here's How You Can Help Make "Fattitude," A Documentary About Sizeism, A Reality". The Frisky.
- ^ "Fattitude Kickstarter Page". Kickstarter.
- ^ "'Fattitude' Filmmaker Lindsey Averill Attracts the Ire of Awful Internet Trolls". Bustle.
- ^ "Fattitude: Fighting Fat Discrimination With A Body Positive Documentary". Women You Should Know.