Still Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women

Name: Still Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women
Director: Margaret Lazarus
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1987-01-01
Duration: 32 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Jean Kilbourne

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Still Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women

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Cambridge Documentary Films

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1987-01-01

Still Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women

This follow-up to Jean Kilbourne's award-winning 1979 documentary, KILLING US SOFTLY, further probes the harmful effects of stereotypical and sexist images in advertising. Kilbourne conducts a lecture within the film, displaying still images of women, men, children, and violent crime via a slide projector. By emphasizing the dehumanization of women by television's body-image obsession, she teaches viewers how America is taught to categorize women primarily as sex objects.

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Jean Kilbourne