Beauty: Beneath the Skin

About This Item

Please note: the original program aired on KQED Ch. 9. This version is 7 minutes shorter, as three music videos featured in the original show have been cut because of licensing issues. These were: Devo's 'Girl U Want', The Pretenders 'Brass in Pocket' and The Skids 'Charade'.

A fast paced, video magazine show which reflects on images, stereotypes and popular attitudes towards "beauty" in American society. Produced in 1980 by San Francisco based independent studio Videowest. See their website for more details:

http://videowest.us/

Includes interviews with photographers and models, the Berkeley Women's Group, a cosmetic surgeon and passers-by in downtown San Francisco. Also features scenes from the Miss San Francisco Pageant and highly irreverent, satirical advertising sketches.

Originally aired on
Videowest
Date aired
c1980
Recording medium
3/4" U-matic video tape
21:38
Rights for this video belong to
Videowest.US
Type of material
Video journal program
Identifier
VW18 mp4 edit
Views
20213

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