On Beauty (film)

On Beauty
Directed by Joanna Rudnick
Produced by Joanna Rudnick
Edited by Liz Kaar
Release dates
  • 2014 (2014)
Running time
31 minutes
Country United States
Language English

On Beauty is a 2014 short documentary film, produced by Kartemquin Films. It follows the story of Rick Guidotti, a fashion photographer who in 1998 decided to quit the fashion industry to found a nonprofit based on promoting diversity and acceptance. [1]

On Beauty premiered at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival and won awards at a number of film festivals including the Chicago International Film Festival and the Cleveland International Film Festival.[2] It was funded in part by the Sage Foundation and the Illinois Humanities Council. [3]

The film was directed by Joanna Rudnick, the Emmy-nominated director of In the Family.

Synopsis

On Beauty follows the story of Rick Guidotti. Guidotti left a 15-year career in fashion when he became frustrated with restrictive standards of beauty. He formed the non-profit Positive Exposure, which uses photographs and video to change public perceptions of people with genetic, physical, behavioral and intellectual differences. [4] On Beauty follows Rick with two of his subjects: Sarah, who was bullied for her Sturge-Weber birthmark, and Janey, a girl with albinism living in East Africa. [5]

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