YOUR FAT FRIEND, a film about fatness, family, the complexities of change and the deep, messy feeling we hold about our bodies.
Made over 6 years, director Jeanie Finlay charts the rise of writer and activist Aubrey Gordon from anonymous blogger “Your Fat Friend” to NYTimes best selling author and beloved podcaster. Her searingly honest writing describes what it’s like to be that fat person on the plane.. … and how the fantasies, peddled by a diet and wellness industry worth $26 billion a year are on a par with the lies that Big Tobacco told the public in the 1950s. (95% of diets fail for lasting weight loss). And how the biggest threat to fat people’s health might just be the bias that some many health care providers hold for fat people. …and about her own fractured relationship to her body. She spent a decade campaigning for LGBTQIA rights so she knows that change is possible. Now it's time to advocate for herself. This isn’t about “body positivity” co-opted by brands to sell fat-kinis to size 16 women. Her aim? A paradigm shift in the way we see fat people and the fat on our own bodies. It has brought her an insatiable worldwide audience and threats to her life. The most meaningful personal change is when her family start listening to her message. YOUR FAT FRIEND, a film about fatness, family, the complexities of change and the deep, messy feeling we hold about our bodies.
World Premiere - Tribeca Film Festival 2023
Sheffield Doc Fest 2023
DC/DOX Film Festival 2023
DMZ International Documentary Film Festival 2023
Edinburgh Film Festival 2023
Sheffield DocFest 2023 - Audience Award Winner
Actor - Aubrey Gordon
Director - Jeanie Finlay
Composer - Tara Creme
