Synopsis
#GlorifyingObesity is a documentary about the body positivity movement that began in the late 2000s/early 2010s. This documentary will explore the past, present, and future of this movement through interviews with key individuals from that time period.
Documentary Overview
This documentary aims to shine the light on the body positivity movement that began in the late 2000s/early 2010s. #GlorifyingObesity isn’t about promoting fatness but about fat acceptance. This film aims to highlight the true pioneers and how/why this all started. The documentary will also touch base on the societal commentary associated with the creation of the body positivity movement. This is in regards to race, gender, class, and more. The way people look determines the way they are treated in all aspects of life. This film is made for Black fat femmes. We’re the originators of the movement but often forgotten which seems to happen to many movements started by Black women. As the movement grew, more and more people in marginalized groups began to identify with the body posi movement and that’s when everything we knew about beauty standards started to shift. This documentary will not only dive into the creation of this movement, but will also discuss how body posi will be impacted in the future. Recently there’s been a regression in this movement. There is complete erasure of the body body positivity movement happening right in front of our eyes. Popular brands have started to revert back to working with traditional models. Social media trends poke fun at fatness by calling each other “Big Backs.” With this regression, it will be interesting and alarming how our society shifts.
Key Personnel
Kash Blagrove – I’m Kash. I’m a Jamaican-American woman born and raised in the Bronx, NYC. Growing up as a Black fat woman, I’ve always felt like I was both seen and unseen at the very same time. Seen in a way where people often pre-judge me/my lifestyle due to my weight but unseen since people don’t pay attention to “undesirable” bodies. My self esteem was shot due to societal pressures imposed on many of us through tv, magazines, internet, and just the world in general. The older I got, the worst it got. It wasn’t until I met my best friend, Ariel, in college who introduced me to a whole side of Tumblr that I didn’t know existed. This was the start of my body positivity/self love journey. My life took a 180 when I saw people my size and larger in skin tight dresses, bikinis, and even naked. It made me and so many other people realize that we are beautiful and that we deserve to take up space. I aim to remind everyone that we’re all beautiful at any size. This is why I’m making this documentary
Rochelle Brock – My name is Rochelle Brock and I’m a photographer & Director from & based in Brooklyn, NY. I started doing photography because I realized that the communities / was a part of as a plus sized black woman were underrepresented in the fashion and art world. This fueled me to create bodies of work that embraced and uplifted women of color in a beautiful way, which allows them to see themselves in a positive light. Over the years, my work has evolved in various directions in many different sectors of fashion, Beauty & lifestyle images. I pride myself on being able to work with and relate to the “non-traditional”. My genuine approach to making content allows me to truly form connections with my subjects and make them feel like the special and deserving humans that they are. From my earlier work to now; I still hold those core sentiments of inclusivity dear to me and continue to be diverse in all of the work that / create.
