Chatham Community Library will host a virtual film screening of Fattitude (2019), beginning Thursday, January 11, and continuing through January 18, 2024.

Fattitude is an eye-opening look at how popular media perpetuates fat hatred that results in a cultural bias and a civil rights issue for people living in fat bodies.

Fat people are paid $1.25 less an hour than their thin counterparts and can still legally lose jobs just because they’re fat. Additionally, 1 in 3 doctors associates fat bodies with hostility, dishonesty and poor hygiene. The film looks at how this systemic cultural prejudice results in fat discrimination. Informed by a post-modern, post-colonial, feminist perspective, and also examines how fat-shaming crosses the lines of race, class, sexuality and gender. It features a diverse variety of voices such as academic scholars, activists, filmmakers, actors and psychologists.

A body positive documentary intent on inspiring change, Fattitude offers alternative ideas that embrace body acceptance at all sizes, explores examples of fat positive representations being produced today by activists and the media, and focuses on real life solutions for moving forward and changing the national conversation about body image.

  Film Highlights and Awards:

• Winner, Best Directors, Oregon Documentary Film Festival
• DOXA - Documentary Film Festival Vancouver
• LA Femme Film Festival
• Oregon Documentary Film Festival
• Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
• Nevada Women’s Film Festival
• Berlin Feminist Film Festival

 Access to the virtual screening will be available beginning Thursday, January11, by clicking HERE.  A password is required at the time of viewing. 

Please contact social.library@chathamlibraries.org to request the password or for additional information.

This program is free and open to the public.