Documentary Films

Nothing to Lose

By Robert Y. Chang
color, 18 min, 2006
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In a culture obsessed with fat, there are groups of "fat activists" who attempt to change what they see as a fat-phobic world into a size-accepting world. These fat activists span the political and religious spectrum, yet come together around their commitment to ending "size discrimination." Nothing to Lose presents the activities of the local New York chapter of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) as they advance their platform through engagements with mass-media, dissemination of information, and creative local actions. By adopting the provocative position that linking fat with ill-health is misguided and legitimizes prejudicial attitudes and behavior toward those with fat bodies, Nothing to Lose is a film that encourages its viewers to rethink the stereotypes and assumptions they hold about body size.

Visit the film's website, www.nothingtolose.info.

Film Festivals, Screenings, Awards
Tremblant Film Festival, Montreal, Canada, June 2006
Society for Visual Anthropology/American Anthropological Association Conference, San Jose, California, 2006
Popular Culture Association & American Culture Association National Conference, Boston, 2007
Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, Ithaca, NY, 2008
American Psychological Association Convention, Boston, 2008
European Association of Social Anthropologists' Film, Video & New Media Festival, Slovenia, 2008
International Festival of Ethnographic Film, Quebec, Canada, 2009