Girl Model
- Synopsis
- GIRL MODEL follows a complex supply chain between Siberia, Japan, and the U.S. within the modelling industry. The story is told through the eyes of a scout and a 13 year-old model.
Despite a lack of obvious similarities between Siberia and Tokyo, a thriving model industry connects these distant regions. GIRL MODEL follows two protagonists involved in this industry: Ashley, a deeply ambivalent model scout who scours the Siberian countryside looking for fresh faces to send to the Japanese market, and one of her discoveries, Nadya, a thirteen year-old plucked from the Siberian countryside and dropped into the centre of Tokyo with promises of a profitable career. After Ashley’s initial discovery of Nadya, the two rarely meet again, but their stories are inextricably bound. As Nadya’s optimism about rescuing her family from their financial difficulties grows, her dreams contrast against Ashley’s more jaded outlook about the industry’s corrosive influence. - Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Year of release
- 2012
- Year of production
- 2011
- Subjects
- Social Studies; Women’s studies
- Keywords
- fashion industries; fashion shows; modelling - fashion
Credits
- Director
- Ashley Sabin; David Redmon
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £6.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 78 minutes
- Year
- 2014
Distributor
- Name
Dogwoof Pictures
- oli@dogwoofpictures.com
- Web
- http://www.dogwoof.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7395 1217
- Fax
- 020 7900 3270
- Address
- 2nd Floor, 1A Neal’s Yard
Covent Garden
London
WC2H 9DP - Notes
- Dogwoof is an independent distributor specialising in quality films from around the world that raise awareness, trigger change, and get people involved. The main focus is socially conscious films including THE AGE OF STUPID, THE END OF THE LINE, BURMA VJ and BLACK GOLD. Sale on DVD. In Autumn 2011 Dogwoof launched Popup Cinema (http://popupcinema.net/) to allow non-theatric screenings of their just-released and classic titles.
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