Girl Model
An alarming documentary about the trafficking of Russian child models to the Japanese fashion market .
Girl Model
Despite a lack of obvious similarities between Siberia and Tokyo, a thriving model industry connects these distant regions. Girl Model follows two protagonists involved in this industry: Ashley, a deeply ambivalent model scout who scours the Siberian countryside looking for fresh faces to send to the Japanese market, and one of her discoveries, Nadya, a 13-year-old plucked from her rustic home in Russia and dropped into the center of bustling Tokyo with promises of a profitable career. After Ashley's initial discovery of Nadya, they rarely meet again, but their stories are inextricably bound. As Nadya's optimism about rescuing her family from financial hardship grows, her dreams contrast against Ashley's more jaded outlook about the industry's corrosive influence.
“A haunted glimpse into exploited youth.” – Variety
“A must-see movie as intriguing as it is disturbing.” – Marie Claire
“A haunted glimpse into exploited youth.” – Variety
“A must-see movie as intriguing as it is disturbing.” – Marie Claire
Genre
Documentary
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Runtime
77
Language
English,
Russian,
Japanese
Director
David Redmon,
Ashley Sabin
FEATURED REVIEW
Michelle Orange, Village Voice
Although the title of directors David Redmon and Ashley Sabin's dual portrait of two players in the underage-modeling world might suggest an industry smackdown in the familiar mode of high-documentary dudgeon, Girl Model proves unsettling in any but the usual ways. Redmon and Sabin don't need ...
Played at
Lumiere Music Hall 9.14.12 - 9.20.12
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