Perfection (2011)

At 17, Monica Zinn was reading her friend Shannon's blog and found a frightening, but very human post, about Shannon's battle with eating disorders. Since then Zinn has been wildly curious about the disorders and hopes to make the world just as curious.  These disorders need to be seen, and not just as skinny models and actors who are accused of being "anorexic" on a tabloid...the real people (mostly teenage girls) who are torturing their body to look like those beautiful people.  Blog websites like Tumblr let those who are crying out be heard, but what about the others who hide away? "Perfection" delves into the mind of a girl with an eating problem. Shannon Sturgeon narrates the piece with her haunting memoir of how her disorder started and developed, while Zinn also follows Colleen and Steph, two other young women who dealt with disorders. Cheryl Hunsberger also does a wonderful job at mediating the discussion.

To view the full length movie go to www.vimeo.com/monicazinn
Perfection" is powerful. It is an intimate, raw, and compelling portrait of a subject people far too often overlook, discredit, or forget about. You made a wonderful film, and I personally found it incredibly moving. Thank you for that.
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Samantha Dols, Senior Director of Operations - Washington West Film Festival
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West Chester Film Festival April 2012

Screenings

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Shannon and I at the VAS Film festival in Charlottesville, VA.
Albany Film Festival 
3 March 2012

Winner - "Best Documentary Film" - Competitive Shorts
Virginia Student Film Festival (VAS film)
17 March 2012

West Chester International Short Film Festival
27-29 April 2012

The Lovett High School Film Festival
05 May 2012

Santa Cruz Film Festival
10-19 May 2012

Fear No Film Festival - Utah Arts Festival
21-24 June 2012

Santa Monica Teen Film Festival
09-10 June 2012

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Speaking at University of Mary Washington for National Eating Disorder Week 2013