Highly Anticipated Fattitude Documentary will Screen Film in the Hudson Valley

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. - Feb. 28, 2018 - PRLog -- Fattitude, a feature-length documentary that exposes how popular culture fosters fat prejudice, and then offers an alternative way of thinking, will screen at AMC Loews Galleria Metroplex 16 in Middletown, NY on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 6:30 PM, hosted by Fattitude social media and communications diva, and Hudson Valley resident, Melissa Mazza. Tickets are only $16 per person and can be purchased through Tugg.

Fattitude raises awareness about weight bias and helps viewers understand that fat hatred exists as a culturally unchecked and vicious prejudice.  Since asking the Internet for support in a 2014 kickstarter campaign, the film's creators have been the target of heavy trolling, rape and death threats and other harassment from anonymous users on 4chan and other web forums. Rather than retreat in fear, Averill and Lieberman embraced the vitrol directed at them as proof that Fattitude was needed.

"Fattitude's ultimate goal is to change the national conversation about body image so that it focuses not only on issues of self-acceptance, but also on legitimate questions of systemic cultural prejudice," said Averill. "We hope to shake the very foundation upon which fat hatred and diet culture are built. We encourage others to get involved and be part of a global movement towards social equality and self-love."

Fattitude is very conscious and attentive to the idea that fat hatred crosses the lines of race, class, sexuality and gender. The film features a diverse variety of voices such as academic scholars, activists, Hollywood types and psychologists – including the likes of Ricki Lake, Jes Baker, Ragen Chastain, Melissa Fabello, Linda Bacon, Rebecca Phul, Jackson Katz, Marilyn Wann, Sonya Renee Taylor, Virgie Tovar, Jen Posner, Lindy West, Winne Holzman, Guy Branum, Tess Holliday, Andrew Walen and many others!

To join the Fattitude revolution, visit https://www.fattitudethemovie.com or buy tickets at https://www.tugg.com/events/fattitude-cxme