Still Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women(1987)

Name: Still Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women
Director: Margaret Lazarus
Released: 1987-01-01
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Jean Kilbourne

01/01/1987 (US)Documentary0h 32m

5.2

Overview

This follow-up to Jean Kilbourne's award-winning 1979 documentary, KILLING US SOFTLY, further probes the harmful effects of stereotypical and sexist images in advertising. Kilbourne conducts a lecture within the film, displaying still images of women, men, children, and violent crime via a slide projector. By emphasizing the dehumanization of women by television's body-image obsession, she teaches viewers how America is taught to categorize women primarily as sex objects.

Margaret Lazarus

Director