Film
Your Fat Friend (15)
Dir. Jeannie Finlay, UK/US, 2023, 96 mins. With. Aubrey Gordon, Michael Hobbes.
Made over 6 years, acclaimed director Jeanie Finlay charts the rise of writer and activist Aubrey Gordon from anonymous blogger to New York Times best-selling author and beloved podcaster. Her aim? A paradigm shift in the way we see fat people and the fat on our own bodies. Her life changing work has brought her an ardent, international audience but also threats to her life. One of her biggest challenges is getting her parents to listen.
Your Fat Friend: a film about fatness, family, the complexities of change and the deep, messy feeling we hold about our bodies.
“Another joyously insightful, subversive and ultimately uplifting documentary from the great Jeanie Finlay.” Mark Kermode
The screening on Thursday 7 March will be introduced by Robyn Lawrence, from Reclaim The Frame.
Reclaim The Frame is a charity dedicated to bringing ever greater audiences to films by people from marginalised genders to offer a wider perspective of the world. Our Reclaim The Frame events create a space to discuss what's under the surface of each story. Events include an introduction, space for open discussion lead by industry experts and sometimes even a workshop to get everyone socialising.
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Made over 6 years, acclaimed director Jeanie Finlay charts the rise of writer and activist Aubrey Gordon from anonymous blogger to New York Times best-selling author and beloved podcaster. Her aim? A paradigm shift in the way we see fat people and the fat on our own bodies. Her life changing work has brought her an ardent, international audience but also threats to her life. One of her biggest challenges is getting her parents to listen.
Your Fat Friend: a film about fatness, family, the complexities of change and the deep, messy feeling we hold about our bodies.
“Another joyously insightful, subversive and ultimately uplifting documentary from the great Jeanie Finlay.” Mark Kermode
The screening on Thursday 7 March will be introduced by Robyn Lawrence, from Reclaim The Frame.
Reclaim The Frame is a charity dedicated to bringing ever greater audiences to films by people from marginalised genders to offer a wider perspective of the world. Our Reclaim The Frame events create a space to discuss what's under the surface of each story. Events include an introduction, space for open discussion lead by industry experts and sometimes even a workshop to get everyone socialising.
If you want to be an Advocate for the work we do, join our mailing list.
For detailed information about the film's age rating and content notices, you can visit the BBFC website and search the film title, then scroll down to the “Content Advice” section: www.bbfc.co.uk