Sexy Inc. Our Children Under Influence

Bergeron, Patricia, (film producer.). Bisaillon, Yves, (film producer.). Bissonnette, Sophie, (film director.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: Are children being pushed prematurely into adulthood? Sophie Bissonnette's documentary Sexy Inc. Our Children Under Influence analyzes the hypersexualization of our environment and its noxious effects on young people. Psychologists, teachers and school nurses criticize the unhealthy culture surrounding our children, where marketing and advertising are targeting younger and younger audiences and bombarding them with sexual and sexist images. These stereotypes treat girls of all ages as sexual objects, and exercise a damaging effect on their identities. Because they see degrading images of sexuality on the Internet, some children confuse sexual relations with pornography. Sexy Inc. suggests various ways of countering hypersexualization and the eroticization of childhood and invites us to rally against this worrying phenomenon. Teacher Guide.

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Physical Description: 1 streaming video (35 min., 27 sec.) : sound + 1 study guide
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2009.
Copyright: ©2007

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General Note:	CatMonthString:february.24 Study guide available. Multi-User. CatMonthString:january.24 Agency:.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in partnership with the Women's Y of Montreal and Service aux collectivités, UQAM for the project <I>Countering Youth Hypersexualizations: Tools for Prevention and Action. Agency - French program:.Québec Studio. CatMonthString:march.24 CatMonthString:june.24
Restrictions on Access Note:	Available to subscribers only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Researcher, Sophie Bissonnette ; writer, Sophie Bissonnette ; director, Sophie Bissonnette ; camera, Eve Lamont ; editing, Dominique Sicotte ; sound recording, Martyne Morin, Marie-France Delagrave ; archival research, Sandrine Ricci ; sound editing, Daniel Toussaint ; music, Daniel Toussaint ; re-recording, Geoffrey Mitchell ; voice recording, Leonardo Lamela ; producer, Patricia Bergeron ; executive producer, Yves Bisaillon.
Participant or Performer Note:	Participation, Francine Duquet, Lilia Goldfarb, Sharon Lamb, Josée Anctil, Charlotte Bissonnette-Reichhold, Pierre Bellemo, Ghislaine Cloutier, Daniel Coulombe, Martine Dozois, Marlen Laverde, Kelly Martin, Chantal Séguin, Colleen Thorpe, Dominique Toussaint ; English voice, Jennifer Seguin, Susan Glover.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Streaming video.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2007.
Target Audience Note:	14-17.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access may be limited to affiliated libraries.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by publisher.
Awards Note:	UNICEF Award, 2008
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-06-01).