Eating Your Heart Out

Eating Your Heart Out

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Eating Your Heart Out

"A film about food, fat, and dieting"

1984

1h 12m

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An independent feature-length documentary about women, food, fat, and dieting.

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9 members

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Leslie Culhane

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Masha Gintel

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Margaret Goding

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Kerry Grabeau

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Martha Hartley

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Sonia Little

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Jill Marshall

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Shiela Noack

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Sue O'Halloran

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