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    • How to Spot an anorexic

    How to Spot an anorexic

    • 2004
    • 00h 09m 00s
    • Deborah VanSlet
    • Rent $200
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    Synopsis

    How To Spot An Anorexic is an interesting tale about the cycle of abuse.  It’s an updated version of HANSEL & GRETEL, complete with fireside chat, puppets and skeletons, actual compassion for the witch and a genuinely distasteful recipe for Jaded Gingerbread.

    Categories

    • Works by Women,
    • Body,
    • Comedy,
    • Health,
    • Mental Health

    Shooting Format

    • DV

    Languages

    • English

    Additional Details

    • Colour

    Available Subtitle

    • None

    Region

    • Quebec

    Credits

    • Orig. Main Artist: Deborah VanSlet

    Provided By

    • Groupe Intervention Video logo

    Festivals

    • IMAGE+NATION (Montréal LESBIAN GAY BI TRANS Film Festival)
    • Videos de femmes dans le parc (GIV)

    More By Deborah VanSlet

    Rules Of The Road

    • 2005
    • Deborah VanSlet

    A dance video on hitch-hiking. Standing by the side of the road and sticking out your thumb is a very particular gesture. The video expresses both the exhilaration and anxiety associated with taking a chance and heading out into parts unknown.

    Rules Of The Road

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    • 1996
    • Deborah VanSlet

    Outside a school in the dust, in a windy vacant lot, in a muddy lake: these spaces influenced an energetic choreography created for the camera. The camera itself is incorporated and...

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