A fresh, honest film about self-image and the disconnect between our minds and our bodies. Beauty Mark exposes the myriad emotional, cultural and psychological influences that compel us to measure ourselves against an elusive standard of physical perfection-sometimes at the price of our own health. Diane Israel’s story is full of wisdom, hope and humor. An enlightening experience for all ages.
Lois Dino
Jacob Burns Film Center
Purchase The Film
If you are interested in purchasing the film or hosting a screening in your community, Beauty Mark, in partnership with Media Education Foundation (MEF), is now accepting orders for the 50-minute Educational Edition of Beauty Mark. Click here to purchase the educational edition.
Beauty Mark also provides a free Press Packet for download here on the site to make your screening simple and effective! Receive a press release, customizable flyer, and so much more in the kit! Click here to download the kit: Beauty Mark Press Kit
Showings & Events
Diane’s Projects
Continuing outreach for Beauty Mark. Please contact us to have a showing of BM at your school, university, eating disorders center, athletic club, sports team etc.
Designing a nursing home model to provide spiritual eldering care for folks who don’t fit a traditional nursing home and want to share care, community, & resources. The mission is to create a healthy supportive environment.
Stop Living in Shame…by Diane Israel
Most of us have enough going on in our heads that says things like I’m not good enough, its my fault, I’m the source of the problem and on and on. If we don’t have that tape going on then we probably here another tape playing…something like, “I’m ok the world is the problem and I’m disappointed in everyone or everything outside of myself”. Whatever station you’re tuned into, it does not seem useful or at all helpful how politics and environmental issues are dealt with to perpetuate these core messages and beliefs. Headlines scream things like, “We better fight back, We must beat the other, can you believe what they’re doing????”. Who is they really??? Maybe it is just our shadow?
How about a new paradigm! I think most of us have enough guilt for this lifetime I think most of us want to help this planet, yet with an attitude of you better shape up… body too…or ship out it’s easy to feel at a loss of how to really help? I no longer can deal with all the e-mails that start with, “Can you believe them. We have to win” etc etc. It feels as shitty as junk mail. Are you sick of it too?
