Self Image & Non-Conformity -
our time

Societal ideals of beauty have promoted images of ultra-thin models resulting in an epidemic of eating disorders. Makayla de la Cruz tackles her life-long battle with weight and body image, while Casey Gurtler eschews the self-policing that young people employ when conforming to societal norms. Both films reveal family and parenting strategies that resist peer conformity.

Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 106

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About Our Time:

OUR TIME is a series produced by youth in partnership with professional documentary filmmakers.

Films in the series feature character-driven stories that address social issues ranging from racial inequity to identity politics and everything in-between - all through the eyes of young people.

Working hand-in-hand with award-winning, nationally recognized filmmakers and television producers, these young students produce high-caliber, emotionally driven, first-person narratives that derive from their own lived experiences.

Watch Our Time - Clips, Episodes & Previews

Immigration â€“ Love Me and Finding Home

PTSD and Mental Illness â€“ After War and Right of Mind

Teen Mental Health and Suicide â€“ Under the Wire & Surviving

Hair and Self Image â€“ Out of our Heads and Bella

Self Image and non-conformity â€“ Gorgeous and Out of the Box

Intimate Partner Violence - Rock Bottom & Breaking Silence

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