After watching a documentary which follows body image activist Taryn Brumfitt, Becky Carver knew one thing – she wanted more people to see it.
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Ms Carver, a psychotherapist and clinical hypnotherapist who works with people with eating disorders, is screening Ms Brumfitt’s body image documentary Embrace at Event Cinemas, Kotara on December 14.
Ms Brumfitt made headlines around the world when she posted unconventional before and after pictures of herself that were not in the traditional fashion.
She then made a documentary challenging how people view body image and telling the world “don’t be at war with your body … just embrace it”.
It struck a chord with Ms Carver, who last month crowdfunded a project to make a series of Heart Cards to ignite conversations and action around positive body image.
“It has been screened twice in Newcastle and both times it was sold out and quite a few people missed out,” Ms Carver said.
“After I watched it I was really inspired, because it’s along the same lines of what I’m doing with the Heart Cards. It really resonated with me.
“Her purpose is to create change and I want to be a voice too. The more you can get the message out there, then the more you can get people on board with it.”
In the trailer for the documentary Ms Brumfitt, a mother of three from Adelaide, tells of how she trained hard to get the “perfect body” but still was not happy.
“For years society has been telling women to be beautiful, as if that’s the most important thing they can be,” Ms Brumfitt says.
“After I had my three children, I ended up hating my body, so I trained hard and then, you know what, I’m standing there in my ‘perfect body’ and I’m not happy.
“Too much sacrifice, too much time, too much obsession, and it’s just not worth it. I don’t want my daughter to feel the same way.”
In Embrace, Ms Brumfitt travels the world to interview a range of women about their attitudes to their bodies, including the youngest ever editor of the Australian edition of Cosmopolitan Mia Freedman.
She also talks to Adelaide researcher Professor Marika Tiggemann, UK talk show host/photographer Amanda de Cadenet, body image blogger Jess Baker, Emmy Award-winning TV presenter Ricki Lake and motivational speaker Turia Pitt.
To book, go to: https://fan-force.com/screenings/embrace-event-cinemas-kotara-4/
