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| Directed by | Joanna Rudnick |
| Produced by | Joanna Rudnick |
| Edited by | Liz Kaar |
Production company | Kartemquin Films |
| Distributed by | Women Make Movies |
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Running time | 31 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
On Beauty is a 2014 shortdocumentary film, produced byKartemquin 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 theHot Springs Documentary Film Festival and won awards at a number of film festivals including theChicago International Film Festival and theCleveland International Film Festival.[2] It was funded in part by theSage Foundation and theIllinois Humanities Council.[3]
The film was directed by Joanna Rudnick, the Emmy-nominated director ofIn the Family.
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]