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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 23 Nov 2011, p. 22

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"Immediately they j It‘s getting ltdttli’l to tune it out 5: . ' a, say pretty. because they can marry : as .:tl'\t‘I'.t\III;Lltlllllliilt'\ its assault _ . 3 " é " \ someone stuatt and have their - on llt‘.lllll‘i lituik llllttgt‘ in .t high ’ r . money. : tei It mold where women ttud _ “That's really sad toliear." f lllt'tttst‘l‘rt's etett tttitte intuit-i ted ‘ " Clark's is just one of three docu : to the tttessage Ill.” Illt‘\ re lllll " ntcnturies that will be screened . good enough unless ilte li.t\t' the .‘ , during the l\\'0‘(.l(l.\ testiiiil that : latest lot-k », wraps up No\. 24 with two films : Iliat spotted former l.Iite liner 6 focusingon women iii Africa, ; national model Nicole t Iark itito f Documentarian Nancy l)iirrell '. explot tug tlte world of tashiott. Fifi McKenna will be on hand to dis- . ttitntehttg .itl\t'| ttstug and the A cuss her films Who ("ares About Her i trtipat: oi (t‘lt'llllH illllllrt' on and Safehrutds for Mothers that j teens and young women [be M looks at the struggles of young ' taiiadiati e\p.itrtate and lllll\t’l’NI' ad approved by T tn vogue women in Africa trying to get 1 l‘r oi littt‘lllll alumnus tised her i access to reproductive health stip- ; them” out”. It) get “Hill“ edetit An image taken from the documentary Cover Girl Culture shows an ad approved by Teen Vogue that captures a ports, i fit a r m. to [hp mum- makers and young girl in a highly suggestive sexual situation It is just one of the images former Elite Internation model Tickets are available at I a t, H; . ”mam" and PI” (“mam-r d Nicole Clark tackles at a speoal showmg of her movte at the first annual Zonta Club Film Festival starting tonight. W‘vw.kyvzon‘afi[Infcgflval‘coml and . tutti tailed l (we! (ti-ti ( “(lure *"s””"f"”r"° must be purchased in advance. I in alerts/re the .\ft‘tlltl 4 ri’lh'tillltlll st hoot I was selling illusions and day." said t'lark. “It's every {Klk't‘nls who she thought she'd never get. Proceeds frotti the festival go to j lite dot unit-titan “I” open the ptoitnses ” ers dream come trite to have kids including the editors of Elle and support local women's charities. : /ottt.tt Iiih oi kitthettet \\ater|oo‘s It was the walls and the dawn Willi Internet act ess on tlieit Ieen\"ogue magavine. and organizers are hoping to make - first i'u‘l tiltn testtial tonight at the ill the super ttiodels â€" women phones. "It was a film that was waiting to it an annual evetit. : I’titit ess Itxttt ( ttiettia in opt-mu who were being paid millions ol "It's even harder to get away happen." said (,lark. "And it Stir "l am thrilled with the response : itatethm [he lot al “omens sen tlollats to walk the fashion cat front it now." prised me about how easy it was to we have had to a film festival that is : 11 0‘ t ltil) mitktng to admin e the walks It was also the ageofanorex (Ilark was living tit Honda Will] get sonieofthese interviews" about advocating for women here . status of women, will be hosting ta and bulitnia. when the her husband and had become a like every documentarian, and in other parts of the world." l mu \t teettttigs of the film followed unhealthy body image fostered by children's author. penning books (Ilark found that the film took on a said co~organizer Nancy (Iroth. I : Iv, a ri-ieptitttt and aihatice toilis the fashion industry, led to major on emotional intelligence when life of its own and took her to “These films are written and : r llss the lllllt wiiht Iark public health tottcertis. she decided she had to do tnore to places she wasn't expecting to go. directed by women on behalf of I t t Iark, who grew up near sartiia, (ilark said it was had enough to stein the infomiation overload "It started to look at how all women worldwide. 1 ' s.t|tl she tell itito the world of mod try to fight off those media rues. "I had moved to (alifornia and media affects young girls and “In places like Africa. in many ehng In atttdertt “ital started ottt sages when there were only five was working with a documentary women in general." said (Ilark. ”It cases it is about basic human I as a summer ioh. helping to piit channels being beamed in on her filmmaker at the time when he dis~ became a broader topic than just rights and dignity, Here in North I I her through school turtted into a family's television. It's worse now covered that l modeled." said what the modeling world is all America. it is about reclaiming the 3 I loot tear tourney tit fashion iii a Sim-channel universe where (Zlark. “He kept asking about the about. ‘ right to be what and who we really 1 I "I wasn't interested irt pursuing even turning off the TV can't help industry and I told him I was trying “The end product is really are. not what the fashion industry I f it as a \ areet." said ( latk "I actually you escape front that constant to forget it teaching media literacy to girls and says weshould be. I j didn't want to he a model, and I Imtubatdment as the Internet and “He kept asking rue to do a film giving them a critical eye to see “It is a message people need ‘ - was ktttd of embarrassed that I had smart phones find young girls and on it. and I said “No. no, no I don't how advenising. Hollywood. Reali- and want to hear and they want to t : taken on the role teens struggling to swim against want to touch it With a ”lion! ty TV and the media is affecting know how they can make a differ ' [ "I n‘dlI/l‘ll while I was modeling the current of constant informav pole.” them and offers them some solu- ence in people's lives. This is the : that I was part oftlie problem andl non flow ' But the idea intrigued her and tions." first year for the festival and we I had t ontplattted ahoitt the pres “It's iii the cellphones that the she was able to secure interviews Clark's goal to create (Llever Girl plan on making it an annual i sure ll t reated when I was III high kids t arry around with them every- with people in the fashion industry (Zulture instead of (over (iirl (itil~ event." , 0 ”tsâ€"BK DR. IIM 5mm - DR. nous JONES ' . l I o w n tr to N‘t‘istR y Id d '| t' x, . » our wor nee syour smi e. , W, . . . . 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