Movie Minute: Embrace

With the highly anticipated U.S. premiere this February of her fascinating & uplifting film EMBRACE, Body Image Movement founder & Best Selling author Taryn Brumfitt is on a quest to redefine and rewrite the ideals of beauty. Taryn first garnered significant media attention from The Today Show, Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan and more for her Best-Selling book that is credited for originally inspiring the worldwide body image movement, and she is championed by celebrities including Ashton Kutcher, Zooey Deschanel and Rosie O'Donnell. EMBRACE is now set to touch the hearts of women everywhere, and we would love to arrange an interview with the creator/star/director/producer and unbelievable inspiration that is Taryn Brumfit on her remarkable journey to harness and facilitate positive body image activism by encouraging women to be more accepting of who they are, to use positive language regarding their bodies and others, and to prioritize health before beauty.

 

Through celebrity interviews and encounters with women around the world, EMBRACE uncovers why poor body image has become a global epidemic and what women everywhere can do to have a brighter outook. It is funny, touching, and at times gut wrenching but above all, a life changing documentary, and the heart of EMBRACE is Taryn's story. How she went from a body hater to a body lover. From being devastated by her perceived ugliness to proudly posing nude for the whole world to see. EMBRACE recently held its world premiere at the 2016 Sydney Film Festival, where it made it was nominated for the Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Best Documentary. Spinning off her warm, frank and funny tell-all book of the same name, Taryn recounts her journey from self loather to bein